A LARGE GREEN JADE CIRCULAR DISC, BI Neolithic Period (2)PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 紳士藏品A LARGE GREEN JADE CIRCULAR DISC, BINeolithic PeriodOf slightly irregular circular form with a small central aperture drilled from both sides to form an encircling ridge, the greenish grey stone with dark green areas and extensive veining, box. 33.5cm (13 1/4in) diam. (2).新石器時代 青玉璧Provenance:Vallin Galleries, New York, 1975An Asian private collectionExhibited:The Museum of Oriental Ceramics Osaka, Four Treasures of the Study: Essentials of the Chinese Literati Culture, Osaka, 6th April-30th June 2019Published and Illustrated:T.Degawa, Four Treasures of the Study: Essentials of the Chinese Literati Culture, Osaka, 2019, p.98, no.67來源:紐約古董商Vallin Galleries， 1975年亞洲私人收藏展覽:大阪市立東洋陶磁美術館，「文房四宝—清閑なる時を求めて」，大阪，2019年4月6日至6月30日出版及著錄:出川哲朗編，《文房四宝—清閑なる時を求めて》，大阪，2019年，頁98，編號67 Among the large variety of the artefacts of the Neolithic period, the present jade disc is close to those of the Liangzhu culture in the Yangtze River Delta, which flourished from the late 4th to the end of the 3rd millennium BC, and was one of the most prominent Neolithic Chinese civilizations. Compare with a closely related Liangzhu culture jade disc in the British Museum, 35cm diam., illustrated by Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, p.133, pl.4:3; another late Liangzhu period jade disc in the National Palace Museum was made of a similar stone as the present lot, illustrated by S.P.Teng ed., Select Jades in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 2019, vol.1, p.402, pl.I-157; compare also with a Liangzhu period jade disc excavated in Zhejiang province with similar tool and polish marks, illustrated by Gu Fang in The Complete Collection of Jades Unearthed in China, Beijing, 2005, vol.8, p.58.青玉質，邊緣略帶皮，色深綠，中間鑽孔，孔內餘鑽痕，前後鑽口頗有錯位。此璧石質較硬，色澤偏深綠，似良渚文化中一類玉璧，良渚玉璧大者尺寸在22公分左右，而此件超過30公分，可與之相較者唯大英博物館藏一件良渚文化玉璧，直徑35公分，見Jessica Rawson著，《Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing》，倫敦，1995年，頁133，圖4:3。台北故宮藏一件良渚文化晚期玉璧，其石質與沁色與本品頗似，見鄧淑萍編，《故宮玉器精選全集》，台北，2019年，卷1，頁402，編號I-157；又可比較浙江省出土一件良渚文化玉璧，孔鑽及色澤與本件相似，見《中國出土玉器全集》，北京，2005年，卷8，頁58，惟此二者尺寸皆在二十公分。