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A GROUP OF SMALL NEOLITHIC JADE ORNAMENTS
Liangzhu Culture, circa 3300 – 2250 B.C.
comprised of seven pendants of various cylindrical, ovoid or rounded forms, each with a pierced tab at the top for suspension; a long tubular bead with ‘bull’s nose’ aperture for stringing; and a solid disc with well-finished flat base and sides and recessed top incised with lines radiating to the four compass points from an incised circle surrounding a tiny central recess, the jade of mottled opaque cloudy tan and cream white tone.
Length of tube 2 5⁄8 inches (6.8 cm)
Several small jade pendants and beads similar to the present examples, unearthed from the Liangzhu site at Yaoshan, Zhejiang province are illustrated in Liangzhu yizhi qun kaogu baogao (Reports of the Group Sites at Liangzhu), Vol. I, Yaoshan, Beijing, 2003, col. pls. 95-97 and 527, with descriptions on pp. 57 and 166.
新石器時代 良渚玉飾十一件 玉管長 6.8 厘米
