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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
ᨤᦪǏᨑᦪǏ૯ૠᦪǏ᥅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
㸺ೱᐸ٫ ἕ˖㐨
ϝᬝ
㱐ᇪల⯠⻦卿 ჺ㐟ᙻḭ㧰
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