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Jade turtle carapace
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Height 2.7 (lYs), width 5.3 (2 /*), depth 4.1 (i / 8)
Hongshan Culture, c. 4700-2920 BCE
From Niuheliang, Jianping, Liaoning Province
Liaoning Provincial Institute of Archaeology,
Shenyang
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Jade animal mask
Height 10.2 (4.02), width 14.7 (5.79),
depth 0.4 (0.16)
FIG. i, Jade turtle; length Hongshan Culture, c. 4700-2920 BCE
4.8 (iVs); Hongshan culture;
excavated in 1973 from From Niuheliang, Jianping, Liaoning Province
Tomb i, Hutougou, Fuxin,
Liaoning province. After Liaoning Provincial Institute of Archaeology,
Fang and Liu 1984, 3, fig. 7:5 Shenyang
(top)-
FIG. 2. Jade turtle; length In 1989, archaeologists excavated a single large
5.4 (2 Vg); Western Zhou; tomb designated as Tomb 21, Mound i, Locality 2
excavated in 1993 from
Tomb 63, Beizhao, Quwo, at Niuheliang. Built into the rock of the hill and
Shanxi province. After covered with rocks and stone slabs, the tomb con-
Shanxi 1994^ 19, fig. 28:1 tained the body of an adult male, as well as twenty
(bottom).
jade objects. Though not one of the largest or more
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