Zhou Dynasty / Early Western Han Dynasty Jade "Bi" Disc

Late Zhou Dynasty/Early Western Han Dynasty (c. 700 BCE- 8 CE)

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Diameter: 9.2 centimeters (3 5/8 inches) 

The dark green jade bi with brown calcified areas has beveled band borders along the inner and outer edges, and is decorated with irregular carved and incised hook patterns. An openwork design of a rampant striding feline with rope-twist tail and a widely gaping mouth is carved in the center aperture. 

Provenance

• Private Collector-Dealer Macau (pre 1996)

• Weisbrod Chinese Art, Ltd., New York, 1996

• Private Collection, New York (1996)

• Canadian Private Collection (from 2002)

Published:

• "TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION of CHINESE WORKS OF ART," March-April, 1996, Weisbrod Chinese Art, Ltd..