A RARE PALE GREEN AND BEIGISH-BROWN JADE NOTCHED DISC

Lot 822
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ID 807378
Lot 822 | A RARE PALE GREEN AND BEIGISH-BROWN JADE NOTCHED DISC
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$ 15 000 – 25 000
A RARE PALE GREEN AND BEIGISH-BROWN JADE NOTCHED DISC

NORTHWEST CHINA, LATE NEOLITHIC PERIOD-EARLY BRONZE AGE, 3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM BC

The disc is carved along the outer edge with three groupings of deeply cut pointed notches interspersed with further shallow and blunt grooves. The stone is of a pale greenish-beige tone with areas of brown and cream.

4 5/8 in. (11.5 cm.) diam.





Provenance

Sam and Myrna Myers Collection, Paris, by 1980.





Literature

J. Desroches, Two Americans in Paris: A Quest for Asian Art, Italy, 2016, p. 47, no. 81.





Exhibited

From the Lands of Asia, Pointe-à-Callière, Montréal Archaeology and History Complex, Montreal, 16 November 2016-19 March 2017; Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, 4 March-19 August 2018.

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