JADE Bi ANTIQUE Chinese RARE And FINE HAN Offers Welcome Start Price USD 17,500.00 Current Price USD 17,500.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Thursday, October 30, 2008 End Time Saturday, November 29, 2008 Location West Palm Beach See more about 'JADE Bi ANTIQUE Chinese RARE And FINE HAN' Description junkdlr store JADE Bi ANTIQUE Chinese RARE And FINE HAN Click to View Image Album Click to View Image Album Click to View Image Album Antique Chinese Carved Jade Bi (or Pi) - Rare - Early. Approximately 6 1/4" Diameter. Finely Carved With Sharp Detail And Silky Soft Patina. Aperture Approximately 1 1/2".  Mounted On A Museum Style Stand. Han Dynasty  (DW062520) For Three Similar Examples See; Chinese Archaic Jades, C.T. Loo, 1950, Plate XXXVIII, #2, 3, and #6 Listed As Eastern Chou. For Another Similar Example See; Christie's - New York, September 17, 2008 Lot #343 A LARGE PALE GREY JADE DISC, BI HAN DYNASTY, 2ND-1ST CENTURY BC Both sides with a plain inner and outer border, with a wide band of comma spirals set within an inner striated border and an outer band carved with outward-facing bovine masks with long, scrolling horns, the pale greenish-grey stone with some opaque beige alteration 8 5/16 in. (21 cm.) diam., box Pre-Lot Text PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR. AND MRS. MALCOLM E. MCPHERSON Provenance Private collection, Washington, DC, early 1970s. Lot Notes A group of silmilarly carved bi, dated c. 122 BC, were found on the lower part of the jade suit of the King of Nanyue at Xinggang, Guangzhou, Guangdong province. See J. Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, p. 73, fig. 67, and Gu Fang, The Complete Collection of Unearthed Jades in China, vol. 11, Beijing, 2005, no. 51. Compare two other similar bi illustrated by the Institute of Archaeology, Excavations of the Han Tombs at Mancheng, vol. II, Beijing, 1980, pl. CCX, figs. 1 and 2.  PROVENANCE: The Hartman Collection.A Palm Beach Collection. Terms: Your questions are welcome and Email is answered. My E-Mail address junkdlr@aol.com. I have many Fine Estate Items For Sale. Please, only place a bid if you are serious about buying this item. Lay-Away Is Available On Items Over $500 - 25% Down, And 3 Equal Monthly Payments - Please let me know this is your intention prior to bidding. Check out my Storefront for unique items at: Click Here for my Store Front. All items are guaranteed to be genuine and escrow is accepted at the buyers expense. I am very happy to Trade anything of value I have with anything you might have. Let me know what it is you want and what you have to trade. Please Check Website At: Click Here for my Website Payment       I accept the following forms of payment: PayPalMoney OrderPersonal Check Shipping & Handling Free if purchased with BIN $15.00 USPS Priority Mail® Additional Information Click to View Image Album Click to View Image Album Click to View Image Album Click to View Image Album Click to View Image Album Click to View Image Album   FREE scheduling, supersized images and templates. Get Vendio Sales Manager.  FREE scheduling, supersized images and templates. Get Vendio Sales Manager. Over 100,000,000 served. Get FREE counters from Vendio today! Your browser does not support JavaScript. To view this page, enable JavaScript if it is disabled or upgrade your browser. Place a Bid!