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อ ᖕ A JADE CONG,
ͩ ࠦ NEOLITHIC PERIOD, LIANGZHU CULTURE
ኜ ७ of short cylindrical form with a square cross-section, the sides divided into two registers, carved with a pair of confronting stylised

ࣛ ͗ human masks at each corner, each mask comprising two horizontal striated bars above a shorter oblong bar forming the nose and two
˾ ∑ faintly incised circles forming the eyes
h. 4.7 cm
Ԅ PROVENANCE Ը๕j
ଃ Collection of Mr and Mrs Richard C. Bull. Richard C. Bull ͸ᙨϗᔛ

˖ Sotheby's New York, 6th December 1983, lot 176. ॲߒᘽబˢ1983ϋ12˜6˚dᇜ໮176
ʷ EXHIBITED ࢝ᚎj
Anthology of Chinese Art: Min Chiu Society Silver Jubilee
Exhibition, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1985-86. ʕ਷˖يණޜjઽӋၚٸვᐤߏׂ࢝ᚎ‘d࠰ಥᖵஔ᎜d
࠰ಥd1985-86ϋ
LITERATURE
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Anthology of Chinese Art: Min Chiu Society Silver Jubilee
Exhibition, Hong Kong, 1985, cat. no. 190. ʕ਷˖يණޜjઽӋၚٸვᐤߏׂ࢝ᚎ‘d࠰ಥd1985ϋd
ᇜ໮190
HK$ 3,000,000-4,000,000
US$ 383,000-510,000

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