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A RARE ARCHAISTIC YELLOWISH AND RUSSET JADE The present jade bi disc with the design of a coiled dragon biting
‘DOUBLE-DRAGON’ DISC, BI its own tail is based on Shang dynasty prototypes; see an example
Ming Dynasty from the Shang period in the British Museum, London, illustrated by
Carved in the form of a stylised kui dragon, both sides of the body J.Rawson, Chinese Jades from the Neolithic to the Qing, London,
finely carved with abstract C-shaped scrolls and incised wings, the 1995, p.208, pl.12:1.
stone of light yellow-chestnut and russet tone with minor greyish-
brown and milky-white inclusions, fitted box. For related examples of jade bi discs in the form of a coiled dragon,
11.2cm (4 3/8in) diam. (2). Ming dynasty, see the Compendium of Collections in the Palace
Museum: Jade 6 Ming Dynasty, Beijing, 2011, nos.26 and 298; and
£1,500 - 2,000 see also a bi disc in the form of an archaistic double-dragon, 15th/16th
CNY14,000 - 18,000 century, in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated by Huei-
chung Tsao, Jade: from Emperors to Art Deco, Paris, 2016, p.116,
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 no.93.

明 玉雕夔龍紋璧

Provenance: Christie’s Hong Kong, 1 June 2011, lot 3933

Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter
Exhibition, London, 2011, no.70.

來源：香港佳士得，2011年6月1日，拍品編號3933

展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，倫敦，2011年，
編號70

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