An assembled set of two small Chinese jade bi discs and a jade tube, Warring State period 玉系璧兩件及玉勒子 戰國

All three pieces decorated with iconic grain motifs, the stone of larger jade bi disc appears to have yellow tone, all calcified
Dia: 2 3/8 in. (larger disk)

Provenance

Property from a private collection, Pennsylvania

來源：
私人收藏，賓夕法尼亞州

Lot Essay

Small jade bi discs the size of the present examples were not only used as an embellishment, they were also considered to be an indicator of status during the Warring States period (476-221.BC).  According to “The Rites of Zhou”: “A viscount carries a jade bi with grain motifs, and a baron carries a jade bi with pu motifs.” For a similar but slightly earlier example jade bi disc with grain pattern in the collection of the Taipei Palace Museum, dated 570-476 B.C.  see accession number: 購玉000478N000000000.

來源：
小系璧如是組拍品者，於戰國時（公元前476-221）不僅作為飾物，更彰顯地位。"《周禮.春官》 載：…子執谷璧，男執蒲璧." 一近似略早者現藏於台北故宮，玉穀紋系璧，官方斷代春秋晚期，西元前570-476年，文物統一編號：購玉000478N000000000