A SET OF THREE JADE PENDANTS FORMING A BI DISC NEOLITHIC PERIOD |

Estimate

30,000 - 50,000 HKD

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Description

11.5 cm, 4 1/2 in.

the three arc-shaped pendants cut from the same piece of jade and joining together to form a ring, each drilled with a small aperture at each end

Provenance

Collection of A.W. Bahr, Weybridge, 1963.
Collection of Arthur M. Sackler.
Christie's New York, 18th March 2009, lot 264.

Catalogue Note

See a similar set of three arc-shaped pendants, attributed to the Neolithic or Shang period, in the collection of British Museum, illustrated in Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, p. 159, fig. 1.