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A FRAGMENT OF A
GREEN JADE CONG
LIANGZHU CULTURE,
CIRCA 3300-2300 BC
The fragment is carved with a mask at the
corner with an oblong scroll-filled mouth
and circular eyes below a headress of fine
horizontal lines.
2 in. (5.5 cm.) high, box

HK$30,000-50,000
US$3,900-6,400
PROVENANCE
Lantien Shanfang Collection, acquired in
Hong Kong in 1992
A similar fragment of jade cong was discovered
at the Wenjiashan archaeological site, Zhejiang
Province, see Liangzhu yizhiqun kaogu baogao –
5 – Wenjiashan, Beijing, 2011, no. 76-2
(fig. 1).
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⨒ᫀᐸ٫ 㤎ἕᾠ ᣐͭ

ϝᬝ
⻤⊏ྒྷᏑ⯠⻦卿 ჺ㐟ᙻ㲞ᳰ
㯸ַ⎏ℱ↼᫬։ᝪᙻⰮ᳜ᙔࢇᙔ།ྒྷ㚃ந߅க卿
㇦ǶⰮ᳜㚃ந⨍⩠ऒ౗२ԠՆŸᙔ།ྒྷǷ卿
࢈՗卿 ჺ卿ᆭ‸ 卻ॲː卼ǯ

fig. 1
எӬ

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