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fig. 1 Photo provided by Wang Mingdag. 1 Photo provided by Wang Mingda fig. 2 Photo provided by Wang Mingdag. 2 Photo provided by Wang Mingdafi fig. 3 Photo provided by Wang Mingdafi 3 Ph id d b W Mi d
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எӬ எ‷⊐ℳᚺ㙤ᓽ؊ எՀ எ‷⊐ℳᚺ㙤ᓽ؊ எӲ எ‷⊐ℳᚺ㙤ᓽ؊
எՀ எ‷⊐ℳᚺ㙤ᓽ؊
எӬ எ‷⊐ℳᚺ㙤ᓽ؊
The humanoid-deity mask incised on the third tier is identical to that ⡠卿ݯ⠢⤤᭢ჹ⊶㙪Ӭ⟏ǯ
on the first tier.
ݯՀἃ᱆ᮅ㱛ឿ⇬ྒྷ߅கԠℱ↼卻⤔⽚ἃב 卼
Most of the cong from the early Liangzhu Culture have one of the
卻ॲ̤卼卿㩶଍ᆨ⊶ཎം卿⯝ӳ㘚ℱ↼ఫទӬ⯎ǯ
following configurations: single-tier (one humanoid-deity mask),
double-tier (one humanoid-deity and animal combined mask), or ݯӲἃ᱆ᮅ㱛ឿ⇬ྒྷ߅கԠℱ↼卻⤔⽚ἃ⇬ྒྷ . 卼
four-tier (two humanoid-deity and animal combined masks). A three-
卻ॲ˖卼ǯᙃ㵲ഌཎ⯝ទℱ↼ఫទӬ⯎卿ֿԋ㛑஋ເ㖅Ԡཎ
tiered cong like the present example comprising one humanoid-deity
ᇑഅ卿࣊↼⎏଍೅㇝࣡㞒ǯ᫉։ℱ↼㩶▵՞℡㬷⡠✙ᦔஎႫ
and animal combined mask with an additional humanoid-deity mask
are remarkably rare. ߛ⯝ӳ㘚ℱ↼Ӭ⯎ം卿ஙՀ㙣ᨕ߃ᨯԠ㧿卿℡㬷␓⑷ӳமߴ
㱈Ի࣍㫡⡠ǯ
According to archaeological reports, only four such three-tiered
Liangzhu jade cong have been discovered to date. ⣐㈊Ⱞ᳜ᙔࢇℱ↼⎏Ꮢᝳ㏱ᙠ卿਒ᝳ㊃։ℱ↼⯝ទℱ↼ᝳⶬ
㵶ᄟ⎏⏟ַሻ卿⋁὞կ⡿ᬘཌ卿ஙߴ⡠⎏⠈೧⯝⦤⡿ӳ⊶ᝳ
The first one is the jade cong found at the Fanshan Site in Yuhang,
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Zhejiang (No. Yu-Fan M17:2) (fig. 1). Its overall form, configuration, ႞ߣ卿ទℱ↼Ԡ㩽ߴ⤇ᝤ㰆⡿ႛǯ
and the style of humanoid-deity and animal combined masks are
almost identical to those found on the present cong. However, it lacks ݯ୨ἃӳᱡ㬪᱒◙ᯛྒྷ㚃நॕ།ౚತ஠߅கԠℱ↼卻⤔⽚ἃ

the finely incised cloud-scrolls between the two projected bars and on . 卼 卻ॲौ卼卿㊃ℱ↼ℱ㐏≾צ卿ս᳍㿩ㆁⰰἃԖ卿
the eyelids of the animal masks. ཭㛑ᙚ౩㖅᳅卿ᜆ⇰㘲ݏǯ᫉ℱ↼㩶ӳՀ❥⢑भἃ➯ࢇ▵
ᇯ卿✄Ӳ❥ἃ▵՞㬷⡠ം卿ஙՀ㙣ᨕ߃ᨯԠ㧿卿℡㬷␓⑷ӳ
The second is the jade cong discovered at the Yaoshan Site in Yuhang,
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Zhejiang (No. Yu 2842) (fig. 2). Other than being smaller in size, this மߴ㱈Ի⦤⡿⎏࣍㫡⡠ǯཝἃ⁞᫢⎏ᛓங✄Հ❥℡㬷⡠⎏ݦ
jade cong is nearly identical to the previous example discovered at the ڬڍӴ㛑ׅ卿ߴ㱈Ի▵㺠卿ཕ੥Ǯ㧩㯝Ǯഌ⨫卿᫈१ཿ⨫㰮
Fanshan Site. ⨷Ԡₕǯݯ▵㺠⡠ஙⰮ᳜ℱ଍ԋ㖅ཐ߅→卿᫉։ℱ↼⯝◙ᯛ

ྒྷ . Ԡݦ❥ℱ↼ 卻ॲ̪卼ᥑἃ⏟ַǯ
The third example is the jade cong excavated at the Yaoshan Site in
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Yuhang, Zhejiang (No. Yaoshan M12:7) (fig. 3). It is similar to the
ӳ㘚⥙ᙇՆ։Ӳ❥卻㉙Ӭ⯍㉙୨ࣿទ։ 卼Ⱞ᳜ᙔࢇℱ↼卿
present cong in size, but with a smaller central aperture and thus thicker
and heavier walls. The configuration of the masks is nearly identical ம१⒝Ꮣₕ⎏଍ᆨ卿࣊଍㵶ཎᙻངऑ⎏ംᇎ卿⩧▵՞℡㬷
to the two previous examples, but the eyelids of the animal masks are ⡠⎏⢑भ卿Ⴋߛᦔஎ⎏⡠᧙ఫទӬ⯎卿ֿទℱ↼ᝤஙݦ㙣
filled with cloud-scrolls just like on the present cong. ᨕ߃ᨯԠ㧿℡㬷␓⑷ӳߴ⤇⠢ႛ⎏࣍㫡⡠卿਒ᝳ㱛ឿ⇬ྒྷ
. 卿㘺։ℱ↼㙤ߪൈ᫉᭢ჹǯᗌ✖⩢Ӷ໭ݥ⢴㈷卿ӽ⊤
Of all the documented Liangzhu jade cong, the third example
shares the highest resemblance to the present cong. However, careful ӳݩ☆ᙔࢷᨉᦔক☆՞⻦།卿ᖸᝳ⎏Ⱞ᳜ᙔࢇℱ↼卿ഌ⡙ங
comparison of the two reveals that the incised decorations are much Հ⎋։Ԡᙇ卿⩧Ӳ❥Ԡℱ↼ۣᝳݪ։卻औӬ։Ӵ㘚卼卿ᇖ㘺
finer on the present cong. Ն։Ⱞ᳜ℱ↼⎏߅க㏱ᙠǮ଍ᆨǮ⡠㱈Ǯ㫌ߴ႙⻱✙⣐भߢ
ᙷ卿மྏᙻⰮ᳜ᙔࢇ⎏᚝ឆㅳ৅卿ᛓⰮ᳜ᙔࢇᝬ㵶✙⡯Ԡ㏟
The fourth is the jade cong unearthed from the Wujiachang Cemetery at
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the Fuquanshan Site in Qingpu, Shanghai (No. M204:15) (fig. 4). This ᚉᏒᖸᝳǯ
cong is made of high-quality jade in light fawn brown tone with some
darker patches of excellent translucency. It has the same configuration ℱ㐏⠢Ⱞ卿଍ᆨ⁞᫢卿Ⴋ཭⠢ႛ卿㫌↱᭢ჹ㵶㑖卿ᛓⰮ᳜ℱ
and incised details as the present cong with the addition of mythical ↼ԋ⧎㇦ԠⅧ৅却

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