A GROUP OF FIFTEEN SLIT RINGS, DISCS, HUANG AND OTHER CARVINGS Neolithic period and later (15)
A GROUP OF FIFTEEN SLIT RINGS, DISCS, HUANG AND OTHER CARVINGS
Neolithic period and later
Comprising: four green and russet jade slit rings, jue, each of circular form with an aperture in the centre and a slit through the edge; eight arch-shaped jade huang, one with stylised mythical beast heads at either end and carved with ruyi scrolls, the remaining seven all with undecorated plain surface; a rectangular jade plaque pierced with an aperture at each of the four corners; a semi-circular jade plaque pierced with a central aperture for suspension; and a white jade disc, with a fitted box. The largest: 8.6cm (3 3/8in) wide. (15).
Footnotes:
新石器時期及以後 玉環、玉玦、玉璜及其它一組十五件
See two jade large-holed discs, mid to late Dawenkou culture, 3200-2300 BC, and a pair of chalcedony jue earrings, Beiyinyangying or Lingjiatan culture, 4000-3000 BC, illustrated in Select Jade in the Palace Museum: The Spirit of Jade, I (故宮玉器精選全集：玉之靈 I), Taipei, 2019, p.341 and p.343.
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Condition
With minute nicks to the extremities; general surface wear; natural flaws of the stone. The bangle with some old chips to the extremities.
A GROUP OF FIFTEEN SLIT RINGS, DISCS, HUANG AND OTHER CARVINGS
Neolithic period and later
Comprising: four green and russet jade slit rings, jue, each of circular form with an aperture in the centre and a slit through the edge; eight arch-shaped jade huang, one with stylised mythical beast heads at either end and carved with ruyi scrolls, the remaining seven all with undecorated plain surface; a rectangular jade plaque pierced with an aperture at each of the four corners; a semi-circular jade plaque pierced with a central aperture for suspension; and a white jade disc, with a fitted box. The largest: 8.6cm (3 3/8in) wide. (15).
Footnotes:
新石器時期及以後 玉環、玉玦、玉璜及其它一組十五件
See two jade large-holed discs, mid to late Dawenkou culture, 3200-2300 BC, and a pair of chalcedony jue earrings, Beiyinyangying or Lingjiatan culture, 4000-3000 BC, illustrated in Select Jade in the Palace Museum: The Spirit of Jade, I (故宮玉器精選全集：玉之靈 I), Taipei, 2019, p.341 and p.343.
For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Condition
With minute nicks to the extremities; general surface wear; natural flaws of the stone. The bangle with some old chips to the extremities.
