A LARGE DARK GREEN JADE BI Han dynasty, 2nd-1st century BC Both sides with a plain inner and outer border, with a wide band of faceted comma spirals carved in low relief within an hexagonal criss-cross gridwork set between narrow striated borders, and an outer band carved with outward-facing bovine masks, their long scrolling horns crossed by another shorter scroll ending in a bird's head, the dark green stone with extensive opaque buff alteration 11in. (28cm.) diam., box
A LARGE DARK GREEN JADE BI Han dynasty, 2nd-1st century BC Both sides with a plain inner and outer border, with a wide band of faceted comma spirals carved in low relief within an hexagonal criss-cross gridwork set between narrow striated borders, and an outer band carved with outward-facing bovine masks, their long scrolling horns crossed by another shorter scroll ending in a bird's head, the dark green stone with extensive opaque buff alteration 11in. (28cm.) diam., box
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