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A PALE CELADON AND RUSSET JADE CYLINDER 來源：
Neolithic Liangzhu culture or later 佛羅倫斯 (1920-2018) 及赫伯特·歐雲 (1917-2016) 伉儷（Florence
Thickly carved and very slightly concave on the sides, an area on the and Herbert Irving）贈，2015 年
outer edge possibly reduced in antiquity, the stone with natural veins 大都會藝術博物館，2015 年迄今
and inclusions, the surface softly polished, wood stand.
3 1/8in (8cm) diam; 3 1/8in (8cm) high Compare the very similar jade cylinder with smoothed chips on its
edges, from the collection of Sir Joseph Hotung and bequeathed to
$2,000 - 3,000 the British Museum, illustrated by Rawson, Chinese Jade from the
Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, p. 147, no. 6:2, attributed to the
新石器時期良渚文化 或更晚 青玉褐斑筒形器 Neolithic period, Liangzhu culture and described as a bracelet.
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 Compare also the jade cylinder of this type with a gentle concave
curve, sold by J.J. Lally & Co., Ancient Chinese Jade, 2018, no. 37,
Provenance: noted by the author a similar example discovered in 1977 from the
Gift of Florence (1920-2018) and Herbert (1917-2016) Irving, 2015 Liangzhu sites at Zhanglingshan, Jiangsu, illustrated in Compendium of
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2015-present Chinese Jades, vol. 1, Shijiazhuang, 1992, p. 180, no. 260.

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