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A RARE PALE GREEN AND BEIGISH-BROWN JADE NOTCHED DISC
NORTHWEST CHINA, LATE NEOLITHIC PERIOD-EARLY BRONZE AGE, 3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM BC
The disc is carved along the outer edge with three groupings of deeply cut pointed notches interspersed with further shallow and blunt grooves. The stone is of a pale greenish-beige tone with areas of brown and cream.
4 5/8 in. (11.5 cm.) diam.
Provenance
Sam and Myrna Myers Collection, Paris, by 1980.
Literature
J. Desroches, Two Americans in Paris: A Quest for Asian Art, Italy, 2016, p. 47, no. 81.
Exhibited
From the Lands of Asia, Pointe-à-Callière, Montréal Archaeology and History Complex, Montreal, 16 November 2016-19 March 2017; Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, 4 March-19 August 2018.
Details
A RARE PALE GREEN AND BEIGISH-BROWN JADE NOTCHED DISC
NORTHWEST CHINA, LATE NEOLITHIC PERIOD-EARLY BRONZE AGE, 3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM BC
The disc is carved along the outer edge with three groupings of deeply cut pointed notches interspersed with further shallow and blunt grooves. The stone is of a pale greenish-beige tone with areas of brown and cream.
4 5/8 in. (11.5 cm.) diam.
Provenance
Sam and Myrna Myers Collection, Paris, by 1980.
Literature
J. Desroches, Two Americans in Paris: A Quest for Asian Art, Italy, 2016, p. 47, no. 81.
Exhibited
From the Lands of Asia, Pointe-à-Callière, Montréal Archaeology and History Complex, Montreal, 16 November 2016-19 March 2017; Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, 4 March-19 August 2018.
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