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  A RARE JADE ‘DRAGON’ DISC, BI

    WESTERN HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-8 AD)

   The disc is finely carved to the centre in openwork with a dragon,
   highlighted by fine incisions along its body and its tail. The surface
   is decorated on both sides in relief with comma spirals within inner
   and outer raised borders. The well polished stone is of a yellowish-
   beige tone with areas of minor russet inclusions and calcification.
   3 Ω in. (8.5 cm.) diam.

  HK$1,200,000-1,800,000US$160,000-230,000

     PROVENANCE

   Acquired in Hong Kong in 1997
   西漢　　玉透雕龍紋璧
   來源
   1997 年購於香港

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