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A jade double bi disc and a jade cong Neolithic Period, the bi Hongshan Culture, the cong Liangzhu Culture (2) image 1
A jade double bi disc and a jade cong Neolithic Period, the bi Hongshan Culture, the cong Liangzhu Culture (2) image 2
A jade double bi disc and a jade cong Neolithic Period, the bi Hongshan Culture, the cong Liangzhu Culture (2) image 3
Lot 49

A jade double bi disc and a jade cong
Neolithic Period, the bi Hongshan Culture, the cong Liangzhu Culture

10 November 2016, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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A jade double bi disc and a jade cong

Neolithic Period, the bi Hongshan Culture, the cong Liangzhu Culture
The disc shaped as two conjoined bi discs with polished edges and apertures drilled on both sides, the pale green stone with russet and white inclusions, 9cm (3 1/2in) long; the cong of square section with plain, flat sides between two shallow cylindrical collars, the opaque stone of chalky white colour with grey specks.
3.9cm (1 1/2in) long (2).

Footnotes

新石器時代 紅山文化玉璧及良渚文化玉琮

Provenance: the bi, acquired from The Oriental Art Gallery Ltd., London, in 1994, Catalogue no.1.
The cong, Sotheby's Amsterdam, 17 November 1997, lot 512.
A European private collection

來源:玉璧 - 於1994年購自倫敦古董商The Oriental Art Gallery Ltd.
玉琮 - 1997年11月17日於阿姆斯特丹蘇富比拍賣,拍品512號
歐洲私人收藏

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