gengyin year

Lot 9. An exceptionally large and extremely rare zitan-mounted imperial inscribed archaic jade bi, Eastern Han dynasty, the inscription and the stand dated to the gengyin year of the Qianlong period (corresponding to 1770); disc 23.8 cm, overall h. 30.8 cm. Estimate: 45,000,000- 60,000,000 HKD. Lot sold: 53,771,000 HKD. Courtesy Sotheby's. the exceptionally large jade bi dated to the Eastern Han dynasty, boldly worked on both sides with an overall array of small raised circular... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3202. An exceptionally large and extremely rare dated zitan-mounted archaic jade bi, Eastern Han dynasty, the inscription and the stand dated to the gengyin year (1770). Estimate 30,000,000 — 40,000,000 HKD (3,404,207 - 4,538,942 EUR). Unsold. Photo Sotheby's the exceptionally large jade bi dated to the Eastern Han Dynasty, boldly carved on both sides with an overall array of small raised circular dots, encircled by an intricately reticulated and carved band of the... [Lire la suite]