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☽൶ᐷ٪                                              2703
                                                           A GREEN JADE CARVING OF A
         ٫ᑜঃڈⅲᑕ⊅ࣰᓁ͞ᐷ٪ǐॏ    ໝ⁳ᑽᕴ⡃۵ೀ೰
                                                           CICADA COCOON
         ᱅⁲⡒ηǏ᥅㕶᪹ˏॼՇ⯄۵⦪ᦱڈ㈠෋ຍ☽൶ܖ㑦ঋ
                                                           HONGSHAN CULTURE, CIRCA 4000-3000 BC
         ⅲⅬኵ⡊ྴܕǐᕏ׀⼗␴η㈠෋ⓧˏᕩᐷ٪䢲    ໝ
                                                           The jade is carved as a cicada cocoon and pierced on both ends and
         ೛ܕ᳦☽൶ᐷ٪ǐ͠ྐ㡦ǏǙ̃ǚದྋ♃ۢ╤♃㡦Ǐ♢
                                                           on both sides. The flat end is lightly incised with a pair of eyes, and
         ⊅ࣰݸ⌹⽖⊅ࣰ˩ಧǐֱຎᑞՇ⯄۵⦪ᦱڈᖥڙ㒴Ǐ㑨
                                                           the top with three parallel ridges to simulate the abdomen. The
         ഔ⇈⾾㒴Ǐᦪ٫⇈٫㒴ঃڈ䢲ܑᗆ⇈⾾٫㒴̑ᕖള㕷Ⅼ                          stone is of a green tone mottled with cream and russet striations.
         ήǐ⚯㑁Ⅼኵⅲ㑦ঋ㑰ᕖ㈠෋ⷈ⶞൶Ǐ⾾᥅ᦾ䢲ᐐᮗᑳ                          4 ¿ in. (10.7 cm.) long, box
         ˕㑆ᲤಠǏोᛈ൶䢲ຆᗆ๽ᑳڙᜋ೰᷌ಠ⓼ⴷǐᐁധသ
                                                                                        US$16,000-23,000
         ⌏♘ᑚ͞ⅲˏйᐪᎯ⚯ᘬ᢫☼᳦ՌԬע    ໝǐ                           HK$120,000-180,000
                                                           PROVENANCE
                                                           Lantien Shanfang Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1989
         HONGSHAN CULTURE
         As one of the Neolithic cultures developed across   ☾൷ᐸ٫   㤎ἕ⹻ⶳ
         northern China, Hongshan Culture is named after
                                                           ϝᬝ
         the archaeological site behind Hongshan (Red Hill)
                                                           ⻤⊏ྒྷᏑ⯠⻦卿    ჺ㐟ᙻझ࢈
         in Chifeng city, Inner Mongolia, discovered by the
         Japanese archaeologists Kosaku Hamada and Seiichi
         Mizuno in 1935. Initially termed  ‘Chifeng Culture
         Phase 1’, it was later renamed Hongshan Culture
         in 1954. Findings include painted pottery, pottery
         with impressed zigzag or combed design, fine stone
         tools, as well as polished stone carvings. Hongshan
         Culture spans across southeast Inner Mongolia, west
         Liaoning and north Hebei. A small number of findings
         were also found in northwest Jilin. Excavated sites
         include Zhizhu Mountain in  Chifeng,  Xishuiquan,
         Sandaowanzi in Aohan Banner, Sileng Mountain, as
         well as Nanyangjiayingzi in Barin Left Banner etc.
         Hongshan Culture is dated to circa 3500 BC based on
         radiocarbon dating of its archaeological finds.
















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