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อ Έ A JADE BANGLE,
ͩ ९ NEOLITHIC PERIOD, LIANGZHU CULTURE
ኜ ͗ of thick tubular form with straight, softly polished sides, the central perforation drilled from both ends, leaving tool marks on the interior,

ࣛ ᐑ the calcified stone of a creamy beige tone with ochre-brown streaks
˾ d. 9.6 cm, h. 2 cm
Ԅ PROVENANCE Ը๕j
Christie's New York, 4th June 1987, lot 38. ॲߒԳɻ੻1987ϋ6˜4˚dᇜ໮38
ଃ
EXHIBITED ࢝ᚎj
˖ British Museum, London, on loan, 1995.
ɽߵ௹ي᎜dࡐ౱d࠾࢝d1995ϋ
ʷ LITERATURE ̈وj
Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing,
London, 1995, pl. 6:4. ᖯಌdChinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing‘d
ࡐ౱d1995ϋdྡو6:4
HK$ 100,000-150,000
US$ 12,800-19,200

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؇ 㤩 A CALCIFIED JADE 'DRAGON' PENDANT, HUANG,
մ ৶ EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, WARRING STATES PERIOD
኷ ͣ carved on both sides as an arched dragon in profile, depicted with faintly incised eyes, short horns, and a long upturned snout with a
਷ ͗ striated band delineating the open mouth, the slender body finely rendered with two ridges and etched with rolling wave patterns on

ࣛ Ꮂ a ground of cross-hatching along the grooves, terminating in a coiling bifurcated tail, pierced with a small perforation at the apex of
the pendant
ಂ ७ 12.3 cm
ዺ PROVENANCE Ը๕j
R.H. Ellsworth Ltd, New York, 20th August 1986. τܠჃdॲߒd1986ϋ8˜20˚
EXHIBITED ࢝ᚎj
British Museum, London, on loan, 1995.
ɽߵ௹ي᎜dࡐ౱d࠾࢝d1995ϋ
LITERATURE
̈وj
Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing,
London, 1995, pl. 17:12. ᖯಌdChinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing‘d
ࡐ౱d1995ϋdྡو17:12
HK$ 50,000-70,000
US$ 6,400-9,000

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