A yellow jade bi-disc and a mythical-beast plaque

Zhou/Han Dynasty

Zhou/Han Dynasty
The disc carved in shallow relief with archaic motifs of C-scrolls, the stone of pale yellow tone with russet and cream-white calcified patches; the plaque finely pierced and carved as a taotie mask, the stone of translucent grey tone with dark speckles. The disc, 5.8cm (2 1/4in) diam.; the plaque, 5.5cm (2 1/8in) wide. (2).

周/漢 黃玉玉璧及玉獸面紋珮 一組兩件

Provenance: C. T. Loo, New York, 1950 (the plaque)
Mrs Gret Hasler (1895-1971), Winterthur, Switzerland, and thence by descent

Exhibited and Illustrated:: C.T.Loo, Catalogue, New York, 1950, pl.56, no.4 (the plaque)

A trip to New York, Chicago and Washington in 1937 was the starting point for Mrs Gret Hasler's interest in Chinese art. This she continued until the Second World War by acquiring objects from dealers in Paris, Sweden and New York.

來源：紐約古董商盧芹齋，1950年（玉珮）
瑞士溫特圖爾Gret Hasler夫人（1895-1971）舊藏，並由後人保存迄今

展覽著錄：盧芹齋，《圖錄》，紐約，1950年，圖版56，編號4（玉珮）

Gret Hasler夫人對中國藝術的興趣始於1937年的紐約、芝加哥和華盛頓之行。此後，她持續自巴黎、瑞典和紐約的古董商處購藏藝術品，直至第二次世界大戰後。

Compare the mythical beast plaque to a related jade ornament with design of a dragon with one head and two bodies, Warring States period, from the Qing Court Collection, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Jadeware (I), Hong Kong, 1995, p.193, no.161.

A related green jade 'dragon and phoenix' pendant, Warring States period, was sold at Bonhams Hong Kong, 30 May 2017, lot 38.