6th Nov, 2023 10:00

Asian Art I 亞洲藝術 I
 
Lot 374
 

A LARGE CHINESE ARCHAIC MOTTLED GREEN JADE DISC, BI
新石器時代 良渚文化或後期 青玉壁

A LARGE CHINESE ARCHAIC MOTTLED GREEN JADE DISC, BI

Neolithic Period, Liangzhu Culture (Circa 3300 - 2250 B.C.E.)

新石器時代 良渚文化或後期 青玉壁

Carved from a large section of green jade, the surface is smooth and polished and flat with signs of calcification and general signs of corrosion throughout the body with drill marks to the central aperture

23.7cm diameter

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PROVENANCE:

The Lowenson Collection, formed during the 1930s-1950s by Max Lowenson (1879-1945), a Cardiff businessman born in Latvia;
Thence by descent as stated in a handwritten letter dated 1975;
Property of the Essex Collection of Early Chinese Art, British Private Collection, where some of the collection is now housed in the National Museum of Wales.
來源:
洛文森舊藏,於1930至1950年代由拉脫維亞裔卡迪夫商人馬克斯·洛文森(1879-1945)組成;
此後家族傳承,敘於一1975年信件中;
艾塞克斯早期中國藝術品,英國私人收藏,部份藏品現藏於威爾斯國家博物館。
Estimated at £1,000 - £2,000

 

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