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

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Past Exhibition

Ancient Chinese Jade

March 15-29, 2018

25.
A NEOLITHIC JADE BRACELET (ZHUO)

Liangzhu Culture, circa 3300-2250 B.C.

with square-angled flat sides and wide circular aperture, the surface smoothly polished all over, the cloudy buff-colored stone with green and brown mottling.

Diameter 2 1516 inches (7.5 cm)

Compare the similar jade bracelet unearthed from M6 at the Liangzhu site in Yaoshan, Yuhang district, Hangzhou, 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. 236, no. 113.

新石器時代 良渚玉鐲 徑7.5厘米