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          AN ARCHAISTIC MOTTLED CELADON AND
          BROWN JADE CONG

          LATE MING-EARLY QING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY
          The jade cong is of cylindrical form with square projections on four sides, carved with four
          registers of taotie masks and trigrams, all supported on a circular narrow base.
          6Õ/”ÿ in. (16 cm.) high, metal cover
          HK$300,000-500,000                                 US$39,000-64,000

          Compare to a slightly larger jade cong (19 cm.) with similar motifs in the National Palace Museum,
          Taipei (fig. 1), which is inscribed with a Qianlong imperial poem on the sides.

          晚明/清初   仿古雕饕餮紋玉方琮
                                                                                     fig. 1   Collection of the National
          琮外圓內方,上寬下微歛,分四節,每節琢雕面紋及八卦紋。相似例可比 較台北故宮博物院藏一件明                                 Palace Museum, Taipei
          晚期至清早期玉琮(圖一),略高(19公分),分四節,四面中軸線上刻乾隆五十八年(1793)御製詩                             圖一   國立故宮博物院藏品
          一首。院方推測其 藏品或原為新石器時代的素面玉琮,明清之際改刀呈四節琮瓶現貌。














































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