J.J. Lally & Co., Oriental Art / New York City, New York
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Ancient Chinese Jade
March 15-29, 2018
49.
A SLENDER NEOLITHIC JADE CONG
Liangzhu Culture, circa 3300-2250 B.C.
with hollow cylindrical center and flat squared exterior, divided into four tiers, the open ends enclosed by plain collars of rounded outline, the tiers carved with stylized masks across the corners, each mask comprised of a pair of small circular incised ‘eyes’ above a short raised bar with rounded ends for the ‘nose’ framed by raised bands of narrow parallel ribs above and below, the bottom tier lacking the lower border and the uppermost tier carved with twin ribbed borders.
Height 3 1⁄2 inches (9.5 cm)
Ex J.J. Lally & Co., 1994 catalogue no. 32
Compare the very similar slender cong excavated from M14 at the Liangzhu site in Fanshan, 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. 112, no. 11. Compare also the slender cong with similar carving but with only two layers of masks, excavated in 1986 at Fanshan, Zhejiang province, illustrated in Zhongguo yuqi quanji (Compendium of Chinese Jades), Vol. 1, Shijiazhuang, 1992, p. 160, no. 225.
新石器時代 良渚琮形玉管 高9.5厘米
來源 藍理捷1994特展圖錄第32號
49.
A SLENDER NEOLITHIC JADE CONG
Liangzhu Culture, circa 3300-2250 B.C.
Height 3 1⁄2 inches (9.5 cm)