Important Ancient Chinese Heavenly Jade Bi Disc with Green and Blue Pattern
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This is an authentic Chinese ancient jade bi disc from the Qi Jia Culture, Northwestern China, 3,000-2,000 BCE. This comes from our private collection.
Dimensions: the bi disc is 5 inches diameter and with stand it is 6.5 inches high.
Neolithic jades from this period are handmade and hand abraided and hand polished using primitive tools of the time: bamboo, stone, water and stone dust
This example is rare because of the beautiful green and blue pattern caused from calcification which took thousands of years to form and because of original string cutting line on the jade is visible on its reverse side. Natural organic string made from vegetation combined with sand paste and water were the tools used to abraid and cut hard jade stone. In addition this bi displays a beautiful cloud pattern calcium mineralization from being buried underground for thousands of years.
Provenance:
Our private collection and accompanied by our Schneible fine Arts LLC Lifetime Guarantee of Authenticity.
In addition, our jade bi have been authenticated by Mr. Gu Fang, Senior Fellow at the Center of Jadeology and Jade Culture in Beijing, (see photo of Mr. Gu Fang with Mr. Schneible)
This is a genuine ancient artifact and not a reproduction.
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