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Auction archive: Lot number 277

A VERY RARE AND UNUSUALLY LARGE DARK GREEN JADE BI

Estimate
US$20,000 - US$30,000
Price realised:
US$194,500
Auction archive: Lot number 277

A VERY RARE AND UNUSUALLY LARGE DARK GREEN JADE BI

Estimate
US$20,000 - US$30,000
Price realised:
US$194,500
Beschreibung:

A VERY RARE AND UNUSUALLY LARGE DARK GREEN JADE BI
LATE NEOLITHIC PERIOD, NORTHWEST CHINA, CIRCA 2000 BC
A VERY RARE AND UNUSUALLY LARGE DARK GREEN JADE BI LATE NEOLITHIC PERIOD, NORTHWEST CHINA, CIRCA 2000 BC Of somewhat irregular thickness and still retaining the original cutting line on one side, as well as the cutting marks on the walls of the central hole which was drilled from both sides, the semi-translucent stone of variegated shades of dark green with some brown veining and opaque brownish-green areas at the outer rim 13 3/8 in. (34.1 cm.) diam.

Auction archive: Lot number 277
Auction:
Datum:
18 Mar 2009
Auction house:
Christie's
18 March 2009, New York, Rockefeller Center
Beschreibung:

A VERY RARE AND UNUSUALLY LARGE DARK GREEN JADE BI
LATE NEOLITHIC PERIOD, NORTHWEST CHINA, CIRCA 2000 BC
A VERY RARE AND UNUSUALLY LARGE DARK GREEN JADE BI LATE NEOLITHIC PERIOD, NORTHWEST CHINA, CIRCA 2000 BC Of somewhat irregular thickness and still retaining the original cutting line on one side, as well as the cutting marks on the walls of the central hole which was drilled from both sides, the semi-translucent stone of variegated shades of dark green with some brown veining and opaque brownish-green areas at the outer rim 13 3/8 in. (34.1 cm.) diam.

Auction archive: Lot number 277
Auction:
Datum:
18 Mar 2009
Auction house:
Christie's
18 March 2009, New York, Rockefeller Center
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