Archaic Jade Ring: Yuan, Warring States Period (476-221 BC)

A Chinese archaic jade ring Yuan, Warring state period (476-221 Bc). Provenance: Roger Keverne Pty. Ltd., London, 2013. Exhibited: London, Roger Keverne Pty. Ltd., summer exhibition, 2013. Literature: Roger Keverne, summer exhibition 2013, no. 68. For a similar example, see Duboc, exhibition of Chinese Art, no. 190; Hebei provincial Institute of cultural relics, tomb of Cuo, the King of the Zhongshan state in the Warring States period, pl. 125, fig. 2; Ip, Chinese jade carving, no. 99, pp. 114-15; and Li, ancient jade of Hangzhou, no. 73, p. 84. See related examples of jade discs, Warring States period, illustrated in the compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum. Jade 3. Spring and autumn period and Warring States period, Beijing, 2011, nos.63 and 115. Compare this to another example sold at Christie's pairs, 9/6/2021, lot 1, 5.7 cm diameter, fitted box