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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF ROBERT P. YOUNGMAN PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF ROBERT P. YOUNGMAN
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AN ARCHAIC JADE FLANGED DISC A SMALL CELADON JADE BLADE
Possibly Neolithic, Hongshan Culture, 3500-2500 BCE Possibly Neolithic, Hongshan Culture, 3500-2500 BCE
The outer edge of the circular flattened disc carved with three blade The flattened stone carved into a halberd form with beveled cutting
like notches, each set with additional smaller notches, the center with edge, the handle has a two-tier linear decoration with sharp pointing
a circular aperture, the greenish-yellow stone with areas of russet edge protruding on both sides, pierced at one end.
inclusions. 3 1/2in (8.9cm) long
2 3/4in (7cm) across
$1,500 - 2,000
$2,000 - 4,000
或為新石器時代紅山文化 公元前3500-2500年 青玉戈
或為新石器時代紅山文化 公元前2500-2500年 玉牙璧
Literature:
Literature: Robert P. Youngman, The Youngman Collection, Chinese Jades, From
Robert P. Youngman, The Youngman Collection, Chinese Jades, From Neolithic to Qing, Chicago, 2008, p. 33, no. 7
Neolithic to Qing, Chicago, 2008, p. 33, no. 7
出版：
出版： 羅伯特·楊門，《楊門藏玉：中國玉器 新石器時代至清代》，芝加
羅伯特·楊門，《楊門藏玉：中國玉器 新石器時代至清代》，芝加 哥，2008年，圖版7，頁33
哥，2008年，圖版7，頁33
For a jade staff dated to the Hongshan Culture with a handle of similar
A larger notched disc (5 inches diam.) with four truncated arcs form to the profile of this example, see Christie’s, Hong Kong, The
sweeping out from the center in a symmetrical arrangement and dated Chang Wei-Hwa Collection of Archaic Jades, 27 November 2019, lot
to the Neolithic period, circa 3rd/2nd millennium BCE, is illustrated 2710, and illustrated in Pottery and Jades of China’s Neolithic Age,
by J. J Lally & Co. Oriental Art, Archaic Chinese Bronzes, Jades Taipei, 2001, p. 114, no. 96.
and Works of Art, New York, 1994, no. 33 and is accompanied by a
lengthy footnote regarding their production. The introduction to the
catalogue also illustrates a line drawing of another notched disc from
the Dawenkou-Longshan culture.

For further discussion of archaic notched discs, see Jessica Rawson,
Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, British Museum, London,
1995, pp.160-163.

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