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                                                                A PALE CELADON JADE ‘DRAGONS
                                                                AND CLOUDS’ RING, HUAN
                                                                EARLY WARRING STATES PERIOD,
                                                                CIRCA 476-400 BC
                                                                The ring is carved on both sides with various motifs including
                                                                raised comma spirals, c-scrolls, and cloud scrolls, arranged to
                                                                represent abstract dragons amid clouds.
                                                                4√ in. (12.3 cm.) diam., box
                                                                HK$160,000-200,000           US$21,000-26,000

                                                                PROVENANCE
                                                                Lantien Shanfang Collection, acquired in Hong Kong in 1992
                                                                Compare with a very similar jade ring excavated from the Tomb
                                                                of Marqui Yi of Zeng, Suizhou, Hubei Province, and illustrated in
                                                                Zhongguo yuqi quanji-3-Spring Autumn Period, Hebei, 1993, no. 162.

                                                                戰國早期   青白玉雲龍紋玉環


                                                                來源
                                                                藍田山房舊藏,1992 年購於香港
                                                                比較湖北省隨州市曾侯乙墓出土一件紋飾甚為類似的玉璧,見《中國
                                                                玉器全集 -3- 春秋 戰國》,河北,1993 年,圖版 162 號。


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                                                                A PALE CELADON AND RUSSET
                                                                JADE DISC, BI
                                                                MID WARRING STATES PERIOD,
                                                                CIRCA 400-300 BC
                                                                The disc is carved on one side with raised bosses in the form of
                                                                comma spirals ecnlosing the central aperture within narrow raised
                                                                borders. The reverse plain. The stone is of a pale celadon tone
                                                                with areas of russet and green inclusions.
                                                                4Æ in. (12 cm.) diam., box
                                                                HK$160,000-200,000           US$21,000-26,000

                                                                PROVENANCE
                                                                Lantien Shanfang Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1991

                                                                Compare a similar jade disc excavated from the tomb of King of
                                                                Zhongshan, Pinghsan County, Hebei Province, illustrated in Cuo mu -
                                                                Zhanguo Zhongshan guo guowang zhi mu, Beijing, 1996, col. pl. 40,
                                                                fig. 1. A few areas on the rim of the present disc have altered to an
                                                                emerald colour from being in contact with bronzes, suggesting that it
                                                                was mounted on other vessels or hung on the walls as decoration.


                                                                戰國中期   鑲嵌用穀紋玉璧


                                2728                            來源
                                                                藍田山房舊藏,1991 年購於台北
                                                                參閱河北省平山縣中山國國王之墓出土之近似例,見《  墓 - 戰國中
                                                                山國國王之墓》,北京,1996 年,彩版 40 號,圖 1。本玉璧邊緣局部
                                                                有銅沁,顯示其曾作為鑲嵌用。
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