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EINE SELTEN DÜNN GESCHLIFFENE BI-SCHEIBE

Starting price
€ 1 800
Auction dateClassic
28.04.2017 17:00UTC +02:00
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Galerie Zacke
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Austria, Wien
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ID 946
Lot 52 | EINE SELTEN DÜNN GESCHLIFFENE BI-SCHEIBE
EINE SELTEN DÜNN GESCHLIFFENE BI-SCHEIBE
Jade
China
Frühe Bronze-Zeit, um 2000 – 1800 vor
DM. 16,1 CM, INNERER 6,1 CM, STÄRKE INNEN 4 MM, AUSSEN 2 MM
玉璧。中國，新石器時代晚期至商代，約公元前2000 年左右。外直徑 16.1 厘米，內直徑 6.1 厘米，厚0.2-0.4 厘米 。維也納私人舊藏。

Ist die Bi ein Sinnbild des Universums, so kommt das an dieser feinst und erstaunlichst genau geschliffenen Scheibe besonders wirkungsvoll zur Geltung. Es ist unglaublich, wie damals fühlig und mit strenger Achtsamkeit auf das abgemessene Resultat hin gearbeitet wurde. Denn die Scheibe ist geradezu unfassbar dünn geschliffen (außen nur an die 2 mm !), sie ist beidseits nahezu völlig eben und hat darum auch eine sehr gute Transluzenz. Hält man diese jadene Bi gegen das Licht, so erstrahlt sie und erinnert auch an die Sonne (das heutige Schriftzeichen für Sonne ist von dieser runden Form abgeleitet), an das Zentrum allen Lichtes in unserem erdbezogenen Universum. Die äußerliche Farbe ist ein lichtes Grüngrau, wenig graue Maserung, ein Randbereich erscheint rötlich. Im Durchlicht ist eine dichte weißliche, aber feine Fleckung etwas stärker zu sehen.

Notes by Prof. Salviati: This disc, carved from a fine quality of green jade with greyish stripe-like inclusions and brown markings on the smoothed edge, has a glossy finish as seen on similar discs found in Longshan culture sites in Shaanxi province or at Taosi (c.2300-1900 BC) in Xiangfen county, Shanxi province. It can be compared to a similar jade sold at Zacke Galerie in December 2016, JAK1216-015: http://www.zacke.at/de/sammlung/19975/auktion-jadekunst-aus-china-3-12-2016-um-1400-uhr/eintrag/19990/bi-disc

Expertise: Wolfmar Zacken & Filippo Salviati
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