J.J. Lally & Co., Oriental Art / New York City, New York

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Past Exhibition

Ancient Chinese Jade

March 15-29, 2018

26.
A NEOLITHIC JADE BRACELET (ZHUO)

Liangzhu Culture, circa 3300-2250 B.C.

with square-angled flat sides of irregular outline enclosing a wide circular aperture, the olive green stone with cloudy white and brown mottling.

Diameter 3 12 inches (8.9 cm)

Compare the similar jade bracelet unearthed in 1993 from the Liangzhu site at Miaoqian, Yuhang district, Hangzhou city, Zhejiang province, illustrated in Yao kun meiyu: Liangzhu bowuyuan cang Liangzhu wenhua yuqi jingcui (Beautiful Jade: Selected Liangzhu Jades from the Collection of the Liangzhu Museum), Beijing, 2011, p. 329, no. 203.

新石器時代 良渚玉鐲 徑8.9厘米