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A MINIATURE JADE CONG
Western Zhou Dynasty (1027 – 771 B.C.)
probably made as a pendant, the plain squared cylinder with waisted sides and projecting shoulders below the mouth at both ends, the pale greenish-white and russet-brown jade with polished surface showing traces of cinnabar.
Length 1 3⁄16 inches (3 cm)
Compare the miniature jade cong in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated by Teng (ed.), Art in Quest of Heaven and Truth—Chinese Jades Through the Ages, Taipei, 2012, p. 64, pl. 5-2-7, described as late Shang.
Compare also the slightly smaller cong shaped jade bead in the Sanmenxia Museum, excavated from the Guo State cemetery at Sanmenxia, Henan province, illustrated by Gu (ed.), Zhongguo chutu yuqi quanji (Complete Collection of Jades Unearthed in China), Vol. 5, Henan, Beijing, 2005, p. 168, described as late Western Zhou.
西周 小玉琮 長 3 厘米