J.J. Lally & Co., Oriental Art / New York City, New York
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Ancient Chinese Jade
March 15-29, 2018
35.
A NEOLITHIC JADE CYLINDER
Liangzhu Culture, circa 3300-2250 B.C.
with straight sides smoothly polished inside and out, the edges neatly squared, the translucent yellowish green stone with a wide band of dark brown and cloudy tan color around the rim at one end caused by alteration of the stone during long burial.
Diameter 2 1⁄4 inches (5.3 cm)
Ex J.J. Lally & Co., 1994 catalogue no. 15
Compare the straight-sided jade ring of similar proportions excavated from the Liangzhu site at Fanshan, Zhejiang province illustrated by line drawing along with other rings of various shapes and sizes in Wenwu, 1988, No. 1, p. 18, fig. 31:5. Compare also another straight-edged jade ring of slightly larger size excavated from the Liangzhu site at Zhanglingshan, Jiangsu province, illustrated in Liangzhu wenhua yuqi (Liangzhu Culture Jades), Hong Kong, 1989, p. 81, no. 106.
新石器時代 良渚玉筒 徑5.3厘米
來源 藍理捷1994特展圖錄第15號
35.
A NEOLITHIC JADE CYLINDER
Liangzhu Culture, circa 3300-2250 B.C.
Diameter 2 1⁄4 inches (5.3 cm)