Auction introduction: Cosmic Essence: Archaic Jades from the Lantien Shanfang Collection, a standalone, single-owner live auction, presents 75 remarkable lots of archaic jades from the renowned Taiwanese Lantien Shanfang Collection. The pieces offered in this sale date from the Neolithic period to the Eastern Han dynasty, showcasing a comprehensive survey of the development of archaic jades in China from 3900 BC to AD 220. All 75 pieces were exhibited in the 1999 Collectors’ Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades held at the National Palace Museum, Taipei, and have not been revealed to the public again until now.