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Ming Dynasty
Comprising: a bi disc, carved in high relief on one side with two chi dragons in pursuit, the reverse in low relief with stylised ox-head motifs, the stone of pale green tone with russet inclusions, 7.2cm (2 7/8in) diam.; a greyish jade bi disc carved on one side with a sinuous chi dragon grasping a lingzhi sprig in its mouth, the reverse with raised bosses, 5.8cm (2 1/4in) diam.; and a bi disc decorated to one side with scrolling ruyi clouds, the reverse surmounted by a pair of confronting phoenix and chi dragon, the stone of greyish tone with brownish russets, 7.8cm (3in) wide. (3).
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明 螭龍紋玉璧 一組三件
See a similar chilong bi disc, Ming dynasty, illustrated by Gu Fang, The Complete Collection of Jade Unearthed in China (中國出土玉器全集), vol.1, Beijing, 2005, p.52. See also an earlier prototype of a chilong bi disc, Song dynasty, in the Qing Court Collection, illustrated in the Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Jade (故宮故宮博物院藏品大系:玉器編), vol.5, Beijing, 2011, p.186, no.212.
See a related pale celadon and russet jade 'chilong' disc, bi, Ming dynasty, which was sold at Christie's London, 4 November 2014, lot 81.