Shang and Western Zhou: The Dynastic Cycle Emerges in Ancient China
Tue, Dec 20, 2022 09:00AM EST
Live Auction
Lot 13
Collared Disc w/ 3 Outer Hooks, Shang/Western Zhou Period, Attr. Sichuan Province (1600-771 BCE)
Estimate: $5,500 - $7,500
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The handsome, well-defined circular disc is marked by three large hooks, and three sets of miniature dentils alternating with the hooks around the exterior. A collar on either side rises from the interior perforation. Three wide grooves flanked by circumscribing lines fill the width of the ornament. Circular discs with grooves are a common type unearthed from ceremonial pits at both Sanxingdui and Jinsha in Guanghan and there is a comparable piece at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art.
Jade, Dia: 5 7/8 in. Th: 1 3/16 - 1/8 in. With a certificate of authenticity issued by Gu Fang, Senior Fellow of the Institute of Archaeology Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)
(#1575)