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35. A N eolithic Jade Cylinder
Liangzhu Culture, circa 3300–2250 B.C.
with straight sides smoothly polished inside and out, the edges neatly squared, the translucent
yellowish green stone with a wide band of dark brown and cloudy tan color around the rim at one
end caused by alteration of the stone during long burial.
Diameter 2¼ inches (5.3 cm)

Ex J.J. Lally & Co., 1994 catalogue no. 15
Compare the straight-sided jade ring of similar proportions excavated from the Liangzhu site at Fanshan, Zhejiang province
illustrated by line drawing along with other rings of various shapes and sizes in Wenwu, 1988, No. 1, p. 18, fig. 31:5.
Compare also another straight-edged jade ring of slightly larger size excavated from the Liangzhu site at Zhanglingshan,
Jiangsu province, illustrated in Liangzhu wenhua yuqi (Liangzhu Culture Jades), Hong Kong, 1989, p. 81, no. 106.

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36. T wo N eolithic S tone Ceremonial Axes ( Ben )
Liangzhu Culture, circa 3300–2250 B.C.

each of narrow block shape with a stepped-down short tang at one end and wedge shape cutting
edge at the opposite end, the gray stone very smoothly polished all over.
Lengths 4 ⁄8 inches (12.5 cm); 6¾ inches (17 cm)
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Ex J.J. Lally & Co., 1994 catalogue no. 12

Compare the similarly formed and polished stone axes excavated at Fuquanshan, Jiangsu province, illustrated by Huang,
Gems of Liangzhu Culture, Hong Kong, 1992, p. 70, no. 12, and another very similar example discovered at Wuxian, Jiangsu,
illustrated by Watson in the catalogue of the travelling exhibition, The Genius of China, London, 1973, p. 55, no. 44.
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