A London private collection of jade carvings and Chinese works of art, lots 1-104
Lot 4
A BLACK JADE 'CHI DRAGON' DISC, BI Song Dynasty
15 – 16 May 2023, 10:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge£2,000 - £3,000
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Rachel Hyman
Department Director

Lazarus Halstead
Head of Chinese and Asian Art, London
A BLACK JADE 'CHI DRAGON' DISC, BI
Song Dynasty
Carved in relief over the surface with a chi dragon coiled around the central hole, a spray of lingzhi held in the mouth extending over to the reverse, a smaller dragon crouching over the edge.
5cm (2in) diam.
Carved in relief over the surface with a chi dragon coiled around the central hole, a spray of lingzhi held in the mouth extending over to the reverse, a smaller dragon crouching over the edge.
5cm (2in) diam.
Footnotes
Provenance: a London private collection amassed between the 1970s and 1990s and thence by descent.