J.J. Lally & Co., Oriental Art / New York City, New York
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Ancient Chinese Jade
March 15-29, 2018
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A NEOLITHIC JADE RING (HUAN)
Liangzhu Culture, circa 3300-2250 B.C.
with plain flattened sides and smoothly polished lustrous surface, ground thinner in antiquity over one section, the pale green stone showing cloudy white alteration all over from burial.
Diameter 4 1⁄2 inches (11.4 cm)
Compare the Liangzhu jade huan of smaller size in the collection of the Nanjing Museum, illustrated by Gu (ed.), Zhongguo chutu yuqi quanji (Complete Collection of Jades Unearthed in China), Vol. 7, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Beijing, 2005, p. 25.
新石器時代 良渚玉環 徑11.4厘米
16.
A NEOLITHIC JADE RING (HUAN)
Liangzhu Culture, circa 3300-2250 B.C.
Diameter 4 1⁄2 inches (11.4 cm)