J.J. Lally & Co., Oriental Art / New York City, New York
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Ancient Chinese Jade
March 15-29, 2018
55.
AN ARCHAIC JADE BRACELET (ZHUO)
Neolithic Period - Early Shang Dynasty, circa 2500-1400 B.C.
of cylindrical form with evenly worked thick sides smoothly polished inside and out, bulging slightly convex on the interior and very gently tapered in towards the rims on the exterior, the dark moss green stone with attractive natural markings and areas of cloudy tan and russet brown from burial.
Diameter 3 3⁄16 inches (8 cm)
Compare the similarly worked jade bracelet illustrated by Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, p. 147, no. 6:1 attributed to the Liangzhu culture, with footnoted references to several jade bracelets excavated at Liangzhu culture sites. Compare also the cylindrical jade bracelet illustrated in Liangzhu wenhua yuqi (Liangzhu Culture Jades), Hong Kong, 1989, p. 82, no. 107.
新石器時代 – 商早期 玉鐲 徑8厘米
