China: Ancient Jades

C01a
Bi (pi) disc
Neolithic period
diameter 10.3cm hole 3.7cm

 
Translucent off-white nephrite jade with brown markings and several opaque areas on outer rim. The central perforation is unevenly worked and drilled mostly from one side with a radial depression on this same side.
 

ex: Hong Kong, 1971, and brought to Australia by Jane Carnegie

published: Jane Carnegie, Oriental art: Works of art from China, Japan, India and Southeast Asia, Melbourne, May 1981, number 41, page 24 (exhibition catalogue)