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Ancient Chinese Jade
March 15-29, 2018
48.
A NEOLITHIC JADE AWL SHAPE PENDANT
Liangzhu Culture, circa 3300-2250 B.C.
tapering to a point and with a pierced tab at the opposite end, finely carved with the mask of a mythical animal with large slanted oval eyes and a small oblong mouth.
Length 3 1⁄4 inches (8.3 cm)
Ex J.J. Lally & Co., 1994 catalogue no. 25
An awl shape pendant of larger size carved with closely related big eye masks in shallow relief, unearthed in 1982 at Fuquanshan, Qingpu, Jiangsu province, is illustrated in Liangzhu wenhua yuqi (Liangzhu Culture Jades), Hong Kong, 1989, p. 112, no. 145.
新石器時代 良渚神面紋錐形玉飾 長8.3厘米
來源 藍理捷1994特展圖錄第25號
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48.
A NEOLITHIC JADE AWL SHAPE PENDANT
Liangzhu Culture, circa 3300-2250 B.C.
Length 3 1⁄4 inches (8.3 cm)