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fig. 11 detail of lot 2705 fig. 13 lot 2712
圖十一 拍品 2705 號細部 圖十三 拍品 2712 號
workshops found in archaeological excavations, the use
of stone tools, especially thin stone instruments, seemed
to be common. Most thin stone instruments were made
from materials such as quartz, agate, or flint which have a
hardness rating as high as 7. With attachments of wood
or bamboo handles, thin stones could be fashioned into
handy sculpting tools for carving decorative patterns.
Some of the decorative motifs from the Liangzhu culture
were possibly directly carved using these types of tools
(fig. 14, lot 2702). The straight lines in the crown of
the simplified human mask pattern of the jade cong from
fig. 12 removing core from hoof-shaped jade ornament the Liangzhu culture led to the hypothesis that primitive
圖十二 玉馬蹄形器利用線切割掏出內心示意圖
devices that permitted the measurement of straight lines
were already in existence at this early stage (fig. 15, lot
2701).
一些治玉作坊來看，石器的使用，尤其是細石器的使
用似乎最為普遍。因大多數細石器是以硬度達到七的 The question of whether patterns on prehistoric jade
石英、瑪瑙、燧石等製成，將細石器裝上木柄或竹柄， carvings were created with a primitive tuo wheel had
就可以製成雕刻器，雕刻紋飾十分方便。良渚文化中 been a topic of debate in academia. From the author’s
observations, primitive tuo wheels were probably used to
的一些紋飾雕刻可能就是直接用這類雕刻工具刻劃的
work on artefacts in cultural regions such as Lingjiatan
（圖十四）。而良渚文化玉琮簡化人面紋冠飾中筆直 culture of Anhui, Hongshan culture of the Northeast,
弦紋的刻劃，推測當時已有規矩直尺等原始工具的出 Shijiahe culture of the middle and lower course of the
現（圖十五）。 Yangtze River, and Longshan culture. On the other hand,
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