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PROPERTY FROM A MIDWESTERN COLLECTION PROPERTY FROM A MIDWESTERN COLLECTION
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A LARGE NEOLITHIC-STYLE JADE BI DISC AN ARCHAISTIC JADE ‘TIGER’ PLAQUE
The plain circular disc with a central aperture and straight cuts across Style of Western Zhou Dynasty
the edges, the mottled dark green stone with beige-tone patches. The very thin slice of jade carved with delicate lines and grooves
7 7/8in (20cm) diam. on both sides, the mythical beast with a three-prone mane behind
the ear and a horn protruding from the forehead, its snout and
$1,000 - 1,500 jaw strong, tail curled upwards, legs slightly bent, with eight short
grooves on the body to indicate tiger stripes, the translucent yellow
玉璧 stone mottled russet-brown.
3 1/2in (8.8cm) long
Compare the Neolithic bi disc of this type, illustrated by Rawson in
Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, p. 159, $2,000 - 4,000
pl. 7:8, with description on p. 160.
仿古玉虎

Provenance
A.H. Wilkens Auctions & Appraisals, Toronto, 2014, November 25th
Fall Catalogue Auction, Lot 1082
From the Irving Langleb Collection, collected in Japan in the 1950’s

出處：
多倫多 A.H. Wilkens Auctions & Appraisals 拍賣會，2014 年11月25
日，拍品第1082號
Irving Langleb 舊藏，1950 年代購自日本

For a discussion on antiquarianism, see lot 243.

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