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18. A N eolithic Jade Bracelet ( Zhuo )
circa 2nd Millennium B.C.
of shallow cylindrical form with half-round thick bands around the outer rims, the translucent pale
yellowish green stone with cloudy tan and brown mottling.
Diameter 2 ⁄8 inches (7.3 cm)
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Ex J.J. Lally & Co., 1994 catalogue no. 16
A similar jade bracelet discovered in the tomb of Fu Hao (circa 1200 B.C.) is illustrated in Yinxu Fu Hao mu (Tomb of Lady
Hao at Yinxu in Anyang), Beijing, 1980, pl. CXLIX, no. 1043. The simplicity of the form of the Fu Hao bracelet and the
present example suggests a pre-Shang date. A number of jades in the Fu Hao tomb and other Shang burials are regarded as
“heirloom” pieces carved in pre-Shang times, as discussed by Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, London,
1995, p. 146.

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19. A N eolithic Jade Cong
circa 2nd Millennium B.C.

of evenly worked cylindrical form with squared rims, carved with twin clusters of narrow horizontal
ribs in three very slightly projecting panels evenly spaced around the exterior of the thick sides, the
interior well finished, the translucent pale green stone mottled in olive brown, and with cloudy tan
areas of alteration from burial.

Diameter 3 inches (7.6 cm)
Ex J.J. Lally & Co., 1993 catalogue no. 21

A very similar jade cong of smaller size in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, is illustrated in Huanghe liuyu shiqian yuqi
tezhan tulu (Catalogue of Special Exhibition of Prehistoric Jade from the Yellow River Valley), Taipei, 2001, pp. 168-169, no.
4-12. Another smaller jade cong with similar decoration found in the tomb of Lady Hao (circa 1200 B.C.) is illustrated in Yinxu
Fu Hao mu (Tomb of Lady Hao at Yinxu in Anyang), Beijing, 1980, pl. CXLIX, no. 1096.

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