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㸹೰ᐷ٪                                              2755
                                                           A WHITE AND RUSSET JADE DISC,
         㷌ᦪ˖᫛ঃڈᑕ⊅ࣰᓁ͞ᓑᕩ⦰㤍㘌ᓁ͞ᒀᕩⅲᐷ٪ǐ
                                                           BI
         ॏ    ໝ㩾ԱⅬήᑞ ⢜⇈༶ᦪ✥䢮ۈഔ೛✥䢯㸹೰ধ
                                                           QIJIA CULTURE, CIRCA 2000-1600 BC
         㑦ঋ⡊ݬܕǐ˹⿀ֱຎॼ Ǐ㤍੺Շⅲ㷌ᦪᦵඩۢՒᏵ
                                                           The disc has a central hole pierced from one side. The stone is of a
         ᨤ᫑ᦪǏᨑᦪǏ૯ૠᦪǏ᫾᥅ᨤ৶䢲ഔૠڙ㒴⧀Շ⯄۵
                                                           creamy-white tone with areas of opaque russet and some alteration.
         ⾾㒴̑ᕖ㣇ᒩⅬήǐ㸹೰ᐷ٪˖ᇥ㪏೰⒋ᐷ٪䢲͠☽㡦
                                                           4 ¿ in. (10.6 cm.) diam., box
         ᳦˹ǐᎯᐁധသ⌏♘ᑚ͞˩ᘬ᢫䢲ᒀᕩⅲໝ᳦͞ՌԬע
             ໝ䤄ע    ໝ๽܃ǐ                                   HK$50,000-70,000               US$6,500-9,000
                                                           PROVENANCE
         QIJIA CULTURE                                     Yangdetang Collection, acquired in Macau in 1989
         Qijia Culture existed during the late Neolithic period
                                                           㸺ೱᐸ٫    ἕ
         to early Bronze age near the upper regions of Yellow
         River. It is named after the site of Qijiaping in Guanghe   ϝᬝ
                                                           㱐ᇪల⯠⻦卿    ჺ㐟ᙻḭ㧰
         County of Gansu province, first discovered in 1924. Its
         reaches include areas in Gansu and Qinghai where
         Yellow River flows by, as well as regions around
         its tributaries including the Wei, Tao, Daxia, and   2756
         Huangshui rivers. Sporadic findings were also found   A WHITE AND DARK RUSSET
         in south of Ningxia and west of Inner Mongolia. Qijia   ‘TRIPLE HUANG’ RING DISC
         Culture succeeded after the earlier Majiayao Culture,   QIJIA CULTURE, CIRCA 2000-1600 BC
         and was known for its red pottery production. Based
                                                           All three flat arc-shaped sections are carved from the same piece of
         on radiocarbon dating techniques, early Qijia Culture   jade, and pierced with a small aperture on either end to be attached
         is dated to circa 2000 to 1600 BC.                to each other.
                                                           3 …Õ/”ÿ in. (10 cm.) diam, box

                                                                                          US$6,500-9,000
                                                           HK$50,000-70,000
                                                           PROVENANCE
                                                           Yangdetang Collection, acquired in Macau in 1989


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