J.J. Lally & Co., Oriental Art / New York City, New York
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Ancient Chinese Jade
March 15-29, 2018
43.
A NEOLITHIC JADE MASK-FORM ORNAMENT
Liangzhu Culture, circa 3300-2250 B.C.
recut in antiquity from the corner of a cong, with two large circular eyes within slightly raised ovals joined by a medial ridge below a wide border carved across the angle with twin bands of incised lines, and with a raised ‘mouth’ bar at the bottom, and embellished with very fine linear scroll motifs all over, the back drilled at the top and bottom with holes for attachment.
Height 1 1⁄4 inches (3.2 cm)
Ex J.J. Lally & Co., 1994 catalogue no. 24
Compare the jade cong carved from very similar stone with similar big-eye masks on the bottom layer surrounded by finely incised linear scroll motifs, excavated from a Liangzhu culture site at Yaoshan, Zhejiang province in 1987, illustrated in Liangzhu wenhua yuqi (Liangzhu Culture Jades), Hong Kong, 1989, p. 19, no. 22.
新石器時代 良渚神面紋玉飾 高3.2厘米
來源 藍理捷1994特展圖錄第24號
