Lot 5. A Yellow Jade 'Grain' Disc, Bi, Warring States Period-Han Dynasty (475 BC-220 AD); 12.1cm (4 6/8in) diam. Estimate 3 000 € - 5 000 €. Courtesy Bonhams.
Finely carved in relief to each side with evenly spaced 'spiral grain' bosses, between narrow raised bands to the inner and outer rims, the finely polished stone of yellowish green tone with some areas of creamy russet inclusions.
Provenance: Robert Rousset, Paris (1901-1981), acquired prior to 1935
Jean-Pierre Rousset, Paris (1936-2021).
Note: Compare with a pale green jade 'grain' pattern bi disc of similar size and proportion, late Warring States period, illustrated by Sun Qingwei, Jades of Warring States Period, Taipei, 2007, p.70, pl.19. See also an example excavated from tomb no.6 in the burial site of Zhongshanguo in Pingshan, Hebei Province, illustrated by Gufang, The Pictorial Handbook of Ancient Chinese Jades, Beijing, 2007, p.180. A related jade 'grain-pattern' disc, Warring States period, was sold at Bonhams Hong Kong, 30 May 2017, lot 35. See also a related yellow jade disc, bi, Warring States period, which was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 9 October 2019, lot 207.
Lot 5. A Calcified Jade 'Grain-Pattern' Disc, Bi, Warring States Period (475-221 BC); 8.5cm (3 3/8in) diam. Estimate 1 000 € - 1 500 €. Courtesy Bonhams.
The circular disc with a large central aperture, crisply carved in relief to each side with neat rows of spiral 'grain bosses' within gently raised borders, the calcified stone of creamy beige hue.
Provenance: Robert Rousset, Paris (1901-1981), acquired prior to 1935
Jean-Pierre Rousset, Paris (1936-2021).
Note: Compare with a related jade 'grain-pattern' disc, Warring States period, which was sold at Bonhams Hong Kong, 30 May 2017, lot 34.
Bonhams Cornette de Saint Cyr Paris. The Robert and Jean-Pierre Rousset Collection of Asian Art: A Century of Collecting - Part 1. Paris, 25 october 2022.