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THE IRVING COLLECTION 歐雲伉儷珍藏 (LOTS 1701-1763)
1720
A MOTTLED GREYISH-GREEN AND IVORY-COLORED JADE OR
HARDSTONE TWO-TIER CONG
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, LIANGZHU CULTURE, 3RD MILLENNIUM BC
The thick-walled cong is carved with squared, projecting corners divided into
two registers, each carved with a stylized mask formed by two raised bands
carved with parallel lines above a pair of circular eyes.
4¿ in. (10.4 cm.) wide, cloth box
$60,000-80,000
PROVENANCE:
The Irving Collection, New York, by 1987.
新石器時代 公元前三千紀 良渚文化 玉石琮
