A VERY RARE AND SUPERBLY CARVED PALE YELLOW AND RUSSET JADE `GRAIN-PATTERN` DISC, BI
19.09.2025 09:00UTC +00:00
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Starting price
80000USD $ 80 000 
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ID 1466601 
Lot 863  | A VERY RARE AND SUPERBLY CARVED PALE YELLOW AND RUSSET JADE 'GRAIN-PATTERN' DISC, BI
Estimate value
$ 80 000 – 100 000 
EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY (770-256 BC)
6 11/16 in. (17 cm.) diam., cloth box
Provenance
Lai Loy & Son Antiques Ltd., Hong Kong, acquired in 1978.
The Songzhutang Collection, New York.
Literature
Ho Hao-tien, 4000 Years of Chinese Jade, Fresno Metropolitan Museum, California, 1984, p.54.
T. Fok, The Splendour of Jade: The Songzhutang Collection of Jade, Hong Kong, 2011, pl.33.
Exhibited
4000 Years of Chinese Jade, September 1984 - April 1986: Taipei, The National Museum of History; Fresno, Fresno Metropolitan Museum; Portland, The Oregon Historical Society; Salt Late City, The Salt Lake Art Centre; Houston, The Houston Museum of Natural Science; Denver, Denver Museum of National History; Chicago, Chicago International Antique Show; Guatemala City, The National Museum of Anthropology & Archaeology.
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia | 
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| Auction house category: | All other types of objects | 
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia | 
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| Auction house category: | All other types of objects | 
| Address of auction | CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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