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Lot 208. Property from a distinguish private collection. An archaic white jade 'phoenix' pendant (Xi), Western Han dynasty (206 BC-9 AD). Length 10.2 cm. Estimate 20,000 - 30,000 USD. Lot sold 31,750 USD. © Sotheby's 2023 Provenance: Acquired prior to 2000.  Note: Compare a closely related pair of pendants excavated in Dabaotai, Fengtai district, Beijing, now housed in the Dabaotai Museum of Western Han Tombs, Beijing, illustrated in Gu Fang, Zhongguo chutu yuqi quanji... [Lire la suite]

Jade Bi (ritual disc) with Bird Design, Western Han dynasty (206 BC- AD 9). Diameter 14.6 cm. © Shanghai Museum.

Lot 133. A pale celadon and russet jade 'comma scrolls' disc, bi, China, Warring States period (475-221 B.C.). Diamètre : 12,3 cm. (4 7/8 in.). Adjugé : 21,420 € (Estimation : 10,000 -20,000 €). © Christie's Limited Images 2022 Le disque est très délicatement sculpté sur chaque face de picots en relief entre des bordures en relief. Le jade est d'une belle teinte uniforme céladon pâle avec une inclusion brune. The Marx Collection of Chinese Art. Provenance: With John Sparks Ltd., 128... [Lire la suite]

  Lot 162. A green jade disc, bi, Neolithic period; 23.1 cm. Lot sold: 151,200 HKD (Estimate: 80,000 - 120,000 HKD). © Sotheby's 2022 of a slightly irregular circular shape and with uneven thickness, pierced with a wide central aperture, marked on one side with a grooved indent. Provenance: K.M. Siu & Co., Hong Kong, 15th February 1988. Literature: Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, pl. 7:7. Exhibited: British Museum, London, on... [Lire la suite]

Lot 5. A Yellow Jade 'Grain' Disc, Bi, Warring States Period-Han Dynasty (475 BC-220 AD); 12.1cm (4 6/8in) diam. Estimate 3 000 € - 5 000 €. Sold for €14,025. Photo Fabrice Gousset. Finely carved in relief to each side with evenly spaced 'spiral grain' bosses, between narrow raised bands to the inner and outer rims, the finely polished stone of yellowish green tone with some areas of creamy russet inclusions. Provenance: Robert Rousset, Paris (1901-1981), acquired prior to... [Lire la suite]

Lot 222. A celadon jade 'mythical bird' disc (Bi), Warring States period-Han dynasty (475 BC-220 AD); Diameter 5¾ in., 14.6 cm. Lot sold: 27,720 USD (Estimate: 8,000 - 12,000 USD). © Sotheby's 2022 Property Sold to Benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Speed Art Museum. Provenance:- Sotheby's New York, 6th December 1989, lot 10.  - Collection of William H. and Sophia H. Harrison. - Gifted to the Speed Art Museum, Louisville, in 2000 (acc. no. 2000.13.17). ... [Lire la suite]

  Lot 140. A calcified jade bi, Neolithic period - Zhou dynasty. Diameter 6½ in., 16.5 cm. Estimate: 8,000 - 12,000 USD. Lot sold: 3,150 USD. © Sothebys. Provenance: Collection of Dr Wou Kiuan (1910-1997). Wou Lien-Pai Museum, coll. no. E.3.2. Literature: Rose Kerr et al., Chinese Antiquities from the Wou Kiuan Collection. Wou Lien-Pai Museum, Hong Kong, 2011, pl. 170. Sotheby's. A Journey Through China's History.... [Lire la suite]

Lot 145. An elegant semi-translucent olive-green nephrite jade Disc, bi, Western Han dynasty (202 BC–9 AD); 9 1/8in (23.1cm) diameter. Estimate US$ 15,000 - 20,000 (€ 13,000 - 17,000). Sold for US$ 15,300 (€ 13,064). © Bonhams 2001-2021 Finely carved on both sides with an inner band of facetted bosses in a network of regular narrow grooves under a wide band of four taotie masks with long horns and and interlocking snake-like bodies, the two friezes separated by a narrow twisted rope band... [Lire la suite]

Lot 2100. A celadon and russet jade disc, bi, Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period (475-221 BC); d. 21 cm. Estimate: 150,000 - 200,000 HKD. Lot sold: 189,000HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's. Sotheby's. Eclectic. Hong Kong, 14 July 2021

Lot 424. An archaic green and russet jade disc, bi, Warring States Period-Han Dynasty; 12.5cm (4 6/8in) diam. Sold for £ 6,120 (€ 7,108). © Bonhams Each side carved in low relief with 'comma' spirals within an hexagonal grid pattern between plain inner and outer borders, the translucent green stone with russet inclusions and veins.Note: Compare with a similar disc, bi, of larger size (17.2cm), Warring States period, illustrated by Yang Boda, Chinese Archaic Jades from the Simon Kwan Collection, Hong Kong, 1994, no.197.See a similar... [Lire la suite]