Lot 142. A small annular 'yuan' and a 'huan' disc of creamy white and gray-green jade, China, Western Zhou Dynasty (circa 1046-771 BC). D. 8,7 cm. Estimate 1500/2500 €. Lot sold 4.000 €. Courtesy Nagel

Traces of age and calcification on one disc

Provenance: Property from an important German private collection, acquired from Axel Vervoordt, Antwerp, 19 Jan 1995

Note: Cf. Yang Boda, Chinese Archaic Jades from the Kwan Collection, 1994, nos. 20, 26, and 35, pp. 56, 62, and 75 as well as Loehr, Max, Ancient Chinese Jades from the Grenville L. Winthrop Collection in the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, 1975, nos. 346 and 347, pp. 232-233 

Nagel. "Asiatische Kunst - Salzburg", 06.12.2017