† A LARGE (37 CM) DARK GREEN JADE COLLARED DISK, BI, QIJIA CULTURE

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† A LARGE (37 CM) DARK GREEN JADE COLLARED DISK, BI, QIJIA CULTURE Expert authentication: 1. Dr. Gu Fang has examined the present lot and guarantees its authenticity and the dating above. He assessed it as a piece of notably good quality. A copy of Dr. Gu's signed and notarized expertise, dated 9 May 2008, accompanies this lot. Dr. Gu Fang (born 1962) is an internationally renowned scholar of Chinese art and a leading authority on jades. He graduated from the Department of Archaeology at the prestigious Beijing University in 1986 and later studied at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), where he now serves as a Senior Fellow specializing in archaeological excavations and Chinese jade research. A former visiting scholar at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, he has authored several books on Chinese jades, including the 15-volume The Complete Collection of Jades Unearthed in China (2007), one of the most comprehensive studies of its kind, as well as Chinese Jade: The Spiritual and Cultural Significance of Jade in China (2012). 2. Sam Myers has examined the present lot and confirms its authenticity, dating it to the late Bronze Age/Shang dynasty, 1500-1050 BC. He appraised it at a value of USD 45,000 (or approx. EUR 53,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing). A copy of the valuation from Myrna Myers Arts d’Extrême Orient, Paris, written and signed by Sam Myers, dated 5 May 2017, accompanies this lot. Sam Myers is a scholar and expert of Chinese jades and works of art with over 50 years of experience. In 1976, his wife Myrna Myers opened a gallery in Paris specializing in Asian art, and together the couple built an extraordinary art collection, including one of the world’s most distinguished jade collections, published in numerous catalogs and seen around the world in a number of important museum exhibitions. China, circa 2000 BC. Thickly carved, the central circular aperture framed by a waisted projecting rim to one side. The finely polished, opaque stone is of a deep green tone with dark shadings and pronounced veining interspersed with lightly translucent areas of pale celadon. Dimensions: Diameter 36.8 cm, Height 40.9 cm (incl. stand) With an associated metal stand. (2) Literature comparison: Compare a related smaller jade collared bi, dated late Shang dynasty, 1300-1046 BC, 18.8 cm diameter, in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, accession number 003526N000000000. Auction result comparison: Type: Related Auction: Christie’s Hong Kong, 30 November 2020, lot 2713 Price: HKD 400,000 or approx. EUR 48,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing Expert remark: Compare the related form and manner of carving. Note the much smaller size (15.9 cm). Auction result comparison: Type: Related Auction: Christie’s Hong Kong, 30 November 2020, lot 2712 Price: HKD 325,000 or approx. EUR 39,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing Expert remark: Compare the related form and manner of carving. Note the different color of the stone and much smaller size (13 cm). Auction result comparison: Type: Related Auction: Sotheby’s New York, 18 March 2014, lot 133 Mid-estimate: USD 25,000 or approx. EUR 30,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing Expert remark: Compare the related form and manner of carving. 13% VAT will be added to the hammer price additional to the buyer's premium - only for buyers within the EU.

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