A jade 'twist-rope' ring, Warring States period 戰國 絞絲玉環

Auction Closed

November 30, 09:40 AM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 HKD

Lot Details

Description

A jade 'twist-rope' ring,

Warring States period

戰國 絞絲玉環


5.3 cm

Ben Janssens Oriental Art, London.


Ben Janssens Oriental Art,倫敦

A similar jade ring was excavated from Guwei village, Henan province and is now in the collection of the National Museum of China, illustrated https://www.chnmuseum.cn/zp/zpml/kgdjp/202104/t20210416_249807.shtml. Other examples of various sizes are in the collection of the Hangzhou History Museum, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Jades Unearthed in China. Zhejiang, vol. 8, Beijing, 2005, p. 196; in the collection of the Shanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Jades Unearthed in China. Shangxi, vol. 3, Beijing, 2005, p. 214; and in the collection of Dr Simon Kwan, illustrated in Boda Yang, Chinese Archaic Jade from the Kwan Collection, Chinese University of Hong Kong Art Gallery, Hong Kong, 1994, nos 171-174.
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