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TWO SMALL NEOLITHIC JADE ORNAMENTS
Liangzhu Culture, circa 3300 – 2250 B.C.
a bird shown flattened in simplified silhouette with wings displayed, the oval head with large round eyes and short beak, drilled with a hole through the breast, the jade of milk-white tone; and a blade shaped pendant with polished sides and half-round point, the inset tab at the blunt end pierced with two tiny holes, the cloudy white jade with reddish-brown mottling.
Length of bird 2 1⁄8 inches (5.4 cm)
Length of knife 1 3⁄4 inches (4.4 cm)
Two similar jade bird form ornaments with ‘bull nose’ piercings on the back excavated from the Liangzhu site at Fanshan, Yuhang, Zhejiang province are illustrated in Zhongguo yuqi quanji (Compendium of Chinese Jades), Vol. 1, Primitive Society, Shijiazhuang, 1992, p. 144, no. 199 and p. 145, no. 202, with descriptions on pp. 281 and 282.
A small jade blade of similar form but without the pierced tab excavated from the Liangzhu site at Yaoshan, Tongxiang, Zhejiang province is illustrated by Gu (ed.), Zhongguo chutu yuqi quanji (Complete Collection of Jades Unearthed in China), Vol. 8, Zhejiang, Beijing, 2005, p. 55.
新石器時代 良渚玉飾二件 玉鳥長 5.4 厘米 玉刀長 4.4 厘米
