J.J. Lally & Co., Oriental Art / New York City, New York
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Ancient Chinese Jade
March 15-29, 2018
40.
A NEOLITHIC CROWN SHAPE ORNAMENT
Liangzhu Culture, circa 3300-2250 B.C.
with concave corners cut out at the bottom and a bracket shape indentation at the center of the top above a small hole, the smoothly polished flat sides indented at the bottom edge to form a flange pierced with two small holes, the white stone with gray natural markings.
Length 3 1⁄4 inches (8.2 cm)
Ex J.J. Lally & Co., 1994 catalogue no. 22
Jade ornaments of this form excavated from the Liangzhu culture site at Fanshan, near Hangzhou, Zhejiang province are illustrated in Wenwu, 1988, No. 1, p. 19, figs. 35 and 36; other examples of related form are illustrated in Liangzhu wenhua yuqi (Liangzhu Culture Jades), Hong Kong, 1989, pp. 84-85, nos. 110 and 111, and another excavated from Fuquanshan, Jiangsu province is illustrated by Huang, Gems of Liangzhu Culture, Hong Kong, 1992, p. 169, no. 61.
新石器時代 良渚冠形玉飾 長8.2厘米
來源 藍理捷1994特展圖錄第22號
40.
A NEOLITHIC CROWN SHAPE ORNAMENT
Liangzhu Culture, circa 3300-2250 B.C.
Length 3 1⁄4 inches (8.2 cm)