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PROPERTY FROM THE WILLIAM S. ARNETT COLLECTION, ATLANTA, GEORGIA
924 925
TWO JADE ARCHAISTIC BI DISCS WITH CHILONG A BLACKISH-GREEN JADE ARCHAISTIC CONG
MING DYNASTY (1368-1644) QING DYNASTY OR EARLIER
The larger is carved and undercut on top with two chilong crawling The tall cong carved in imitation of a Neolithic prototype is in
around the central aperture, and the underside with tiny bosses. The the form of a cylinder with projecting corners carved with sixteen
stone shades from white to creamy pale brown. The smaller is carved horizontal ‘masks’, all below four conjoined double scrolls incised
in high relief on top with a single chilong with L-shaped horns and around the sides of the cylindrical collar above. The opaque stone
hair markings on the legs grasping in its jaws a gnarled, leafy stem of is of mottled blackish-green color.
lingzhi, and the underside is carved in fat relief with two chilong, the 11º in. (28.5 cm.) high, softwood box
smaller with a bird’s head. The stone shades from pale greyish white
to dark brown with areas of opaque alteration. $4,000-6,000
3æ in. and 2√ in. (9.5 and 7.5 cm.) diam. (2)
PROVENANCE
$5,000-7,000 William S. Arnett Collection, Atlanta, Georgia,
acquired prior to 1971.
PROVENANCE
EXHIBITED
William S. Arnett Collection, Atlanta, Georgia, On loan: High Museum of Art,
acquired prior to 1971. Atlanta, Georgia, September 1973 to September 1980.
On loan: Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University,
EXHIBITED
On loan: High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, Atlanta, Georgia, 1993.
September 1973 to September 1980.
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