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43. A N eolithic Jade Mask-F orm Ornament
Liangzhu Culture, circa 3300–2250 B.C.
recut in antiquity from the corner of a cong, with two large circular eyes within slightly raised ovals
joined by a medial ridge below a wide border carved across the angle with twin bands of incised
lines, and with a raised ‘mouth’ bar at the bottom, and embellished with very fine linear scroll
motifs all over, the back drilled at the top and bottom with holes for attachment.
Height 1¼ inches (3.2 cm)
Ex J.J. Lally & Co., 1994 catalogue no. 24
Compare the jade cong carved from very similar stone with similar big-eye masks on the bottom layer surrounded by finely
incised linear scroll motifs, excavated from a Liangzhu culture site at Yaoshan, Zhejiang province in 1987, illustrated in
Liangzhu wenhua yuqi (Liangzhu Culture Jades), Hong Kong, 1989, p. 19, no. 22.
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44. A Carved N eolithic Jade Cylindrical Bead
Liangzhu Culture, circa 3300–2500 B.C.
with four masks in two registers, each mask with slightly raised features including round eyes
incised within ovals joined by a wide bridge above a short bar shape mouth, detailed with incised
fine lines and surrounded by fine incised linear scroll decoration, a channel drilled from both ends.
Length 1¼ inches (3.2 cm)
Ex J.J. Lally & Co., 1994 catalogue no. 23
Similar jade beads are illustrated by So, Chinese Jades from the Cissy and Robert Tang Collection, Hong
Kong, 2015, p. 48, no. 4a, and by Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995,
p. 144, no. 5:11.
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45. A Carved N eolithic Jade Cylindrical Bead
Liangzhu Culture, circa 3300–2250 B.C.
with four masks in two registers, each mask with slightly raised features including round eyes
incised within ovals joined by a wide bridge above a short bar shape mouth, detailed with incised
fine lines and surrounded by fine incised linear spirals and arcs.
Length 1 ⁄16 inches (3 cm)
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Ex J.J. Lally & Co., 1993 catalogue no. 13
See footnote to no. 44 above.
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