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47. A N eolithic Jade Ornament Carved with Masks
Liangzhu Culture, circa 3300–2250 B.C.
of short thick drum shape, carved on the exterior with three matching masks, each with a pair
of deeply grooved round eyes joined by a slightly raised narrow bridge above a flattened nose of
inverted ‘T’ shape and an elongated mouth, all enhanced with and surrounded by incised linear
decoration including a fan-shaped crest between the eyes and hooked scrolls randomly scattered
to fill the raised panel of each mask, with plain recessed vertical bands between the panels, the top
and bottom of the bead polished flat but with the smoothed contours of some imperfections not
entirely ground down, a small channel drilled through the center leaving very thick walls, the stone
of olive brown color with pale tan mottling.

Diameter 1 ⁄8 inches (2.8 cm)
1
Ex J.J. Lally & Co., 1994 catalogue no. 31
Compare the slightly larger carving of this form, similarly decorated with three masks in slightly raised panels, with finely
incised details around the exterior, excavated in 1987 from a Liangzhu site at Yaoshan in Zhejiang province, illustrated in
Zhongguo yuqi quanji (Compendium of Chinese Jades), Vol. 1 Shijiazhuang, 1992, p. 107, no. 147.

อͩኜࣛ˾cԄଃग़ࠦ७ݒҖུ͗cࢰ 2.8᩶Ϸc
Ը๕cᔝଣઠ 1994त࢝ྡ፽ୋ 31໮

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