J.J. Lally & Co., Oriental Art / New York City, New York
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Ancient Chinese Jade
March 15-29, 2018
45.
A CARVED NEOLITHIC JADE CYLINDRICAL BEAD
Liangzhu Culture, circa 3300-2500 B.C.
with four masks in two registers, each mask with slightly raised features including round eyes incised within ovals joined by a wide bridge above a short bar shape mouth, detailed with incised fine lines and surrounded by fine incised linear spirals and arcs.
Length 1 3⁄16 inches (3 cm)
Ex J.J. Lally & Co., 1993 catalogue no. 13
Similar jade beads are illustrated by So, Chinese Jades from the Cissy and Robert Tang Collection, Hong Kong, 2015, p. 48, no. 4a, and by Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, p. 144, no. 5:11.
新石器時代 良渚神面紋玉管 長3厘米
來源 藍理捷1993特展圖錄第13號
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45.
A CARVED NEOLITHIC JADE CYLINDRICAL BEAD
Liangzhu Culture, circa 3300-2500 B.C.
Length 1 3⁄16 inches (3 cm)