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fig. 1  photo provided by Wang Mingda
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               ἄ㤚♃ἔ㝽                                   AN ‘ANIMAL MASK’ JADE BANGLE

               ἔㇲ۫ᦄⅭ٪䢲⚯↱Ἥྋᆓٝ᮳䢲ࣰ⻢᦯⣹⧝ᯍ                   The bangle is covered with white alterations and gives off a rich well-
               ᭗ǐ                                      handled patina.

               㝽㭕݊ᆶ⊀┅Ṹ䢲૥નໜ↿䢲Շಣ㢳㤚┹㞼⚯͒                   The bangle is of a short cylindrical form with straight outer walls. The
               ♢ᇅ⌹ྯₙᕖཧ㸉ǐᐦࣰ⽖η⿊ᐦ䢲Ⓕ᢫ۄ㕵ǐ                   inner walls of the circular aperture drilled from both sides are slightly
                                                       convex after thorough polishing. The bangle is well carved and imparts a
               㝽㭕૥ન͠˕⓼ֱ㟢㉽䢲܍㢯ᾔˏູἄ㤚♃ǐἄ
                                                       solemn and sturdy appearance.
               㤚♃͠㕵१᳦⇶䢲૥१᳦⇶≚䢲㢳⇶̃㟢᳦സ㦔
               ⅲ៙Ṹ㐧዁䢲˗ᑜ͠ˏയ㕵१♃ㅿ࿋ങ㸬䢲⇶Ǐ                   The exterior of the bangle is carved with three equidistant animal masks.
               㸬˗ᑜ͠ᑅǏໜṸⅲˑ♴ን㣄♃೺㢣኱־ǐἄ㤚                   Each mask has a pair of double-circle eyes enclosed by eyelids which are
               ♃❀✡ⅲ♃㨫঑᳦➇♢ⅲ㡠ח⛪♴ᆓ䢲Ւ⛪ᚆ᣻                   connected to each other by an arched beam, above two conjoined spirals
               㭥⚘㑰♢ǐ⑤㟢ẟറ䢲ח♃➇♢䢲♃㨫❀೺䢲⢟                   symbolising the nose, and a further set of seven conjoined spirals. The in
               ⇶ྫ㢼㏉ㄦǐ                                  taglio decoration is remarkably fine in that each incised line appears thinner
                                                       than a hair, making the decoration hard to decipher with the naked eye.
               ಧˠ⨑ᪿἔࣰח♃ଫ᢬➇♢⡅䢲ӆ㨾ᖢۥ൶

               .      ⴽ   ˕ۡྋࣰ˖̃ἄ㤚♃⇂⩮䢮ॱˏ䢯ǐ             The animal mask on the present bangle is similar to that found on a three-
                                                       pronged plaque unearthed at Fanshan, Yuhan District of Hangzhou City,
               䢮἖ᒝ㑇ᎏᐷ䢯
                                                       Zhejiang province, now in the collection of Zhejiang Provincial Institute of
                                                       Archaeological and Cultural Relics, illustrated in Wenming de shuguang:
                                                       Liangzhu wenhua wenwu jingpinji, Shenzhen, 2005, p. 220 (fig. 1), which
                                                       is the only other Liangzhu jade carving that can compare in terms of the
                                                       fineness of the incised decoration to the work on the current bangle.
                                                       (Text by Wang Mingda)
                  Ǘۥ൶ǘ䢲ᨩᥨ⇈ᐷḵ⡃۵⊝②ᆵ⮏䢲Ǘᐷḵ֨ḛ⍻ǘ䢲
                   ໝⓧˏḛǐ


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