A GRAY AND CELADON JADE 'BIRD' BI DISC ZHOU DYNASTY |

the flat ring carved with two integral bird-form appendages at ten and two o'clock, shown in profile facing each other, each with the belly resting against the edge of the bi disc, its tail and clawed foot lifted at either end of the body, the raised head accented with a crest and a hooked beak, the stone stratified with speckled gray, translucent celadon, and calcified beige layers

Galaxie Art & Gift Co. (B. K. Wong), Hong Kong, 15th April 1988.
Collection of Florence (1920-2018) and Herbert (1917-2016) Irving, no. 87.

There is a polished loss to one side of the disc (affecting the calcified beige stone and one of the birds), additional scattered nicks and tiny chips to the edge and expected wear, cleaning a polishing consistent with age and type.
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