NEOLITHIC PERIOD OR LATER

Name: TWO JADE BI DISCS
Brand: NEOLITHIC PERIOD OR LATER
Price: 2000.00 USD
Availability: SoldOut

Price Realised USD 2,500

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USD 3,000 - USD 5,000

Closed: 15 Dec 2015

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TWO JADE BI DISCS

NEOLITHIC PERIOD OR LATER

Price Realised USD 2,500

Closed: 15 Dec 2015

Price Realised USD 2,500

Closed: 15 Dec 2015

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TWO JADE BI DISCS
NEOLITHIC PERIOD OR LATER
Each with a central aperture drilled from one side; one stone is of semi-translucent pale green color and is polished, the other is of mottled opaque dark brown and black color.
5 and 4 5/8 in. (12.8 and 11.7 cm.) diam.

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Lot Essay

Christie's is pleased to offer a selection of porcelain, jade carvings and works of art from the collection of Dr. Ralph W. Chaney (1890-1971). Dr. Chaney was a renowned paleontologist who collected porcelain and works of art throughout his lifetime of travels and scientific study in China and Japan. In 1925, he participated in the Third Central Asiatic Expedition to Mongolia, where the world's first discovery of dinosaur eggs was made, and he discovered the first fossilized redwood trees in Manchuria. He was a major participant in the search for the "Peking Man" at the Choukoutien Cave site and, in 1948, Dr. Chaney mounted a successful expedition to the Sichuan-Hubei region of China in search of the Metasequoia, a living species of redwood tree that was thought to be extinct. With science, Dr. Chaney lived his passion for discovery. He applied the same passion to his personal collecting.