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ⲟ೰෥ᐷ٪                                             XUEJIAGANG CULTURE
         㟌ᥨ˗᫛ঃڈ͠ᑕ⊅ࣰᓁ͞㑦ಧ᳦˹ⅲ㑦ঋǐΨᑞ೎࿒                          Xuejiagang Culture spreads across the lower reaches
         ⇈ᯄ൶✥৬   Ռ㕴ⴷⲟ೰෥㑦ঋǐ    ⦰    ໝ೎                      of the Yangtze River, around east of Dabie Mountain
         ࿒⇈ᐷḵ๼η㡶˹ቈⅬኵ䢲ॏ᢬ݬܕⲟ೰෥ᐷ٪䢲ֱΤ                          and west of Lake Chaohu. It is named after the
         ঃ৶ॼ૯׆൶͠ᖥ䢲๻᫶͠⾾ⅲᥨ᪥̃㟢ǐ☼᳦ՌԬע                          archaeological site of Xuejiagang, located 7.5 km
             Ĝע    ໝǐ                                      from Qianshan County in Anhui province, excavated
                                                           between 1979 and 1980 by the Anhui Cultural Relics
                                                           taskforce. It is dated to circa 3200 to 3000 BC.














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         A SET OF TEN JADE ORNAMENTS                       Ⲡೱ෦ᐸ٫   ₣ྌἕὩ㨬Րڊͭ
         XUEJIAGANG CULTURE, CIRCA 3200-3000               ϝᬝ
         BC                                                    ჺ߿㐟ᙻ㲞ᳰ
         The set consists of ten arc-shaped ornaments in various sizes
                                                           ⮐㙽
         simulating fish and other types of animals, three pierced with two
         apertures, the other three with just one aperture. The stones are   Ƕᐦ∛ስ㪃Ƿ卿झ࢈卿    ჺ卿㮰   卿எ‸  ⽚卻ݯݪ卼
         covered extensively with white alteration.
                                                           ℱ㐏⡿⮏卿ம१→ईᮡᆨᎰ⎏᳍Ọ⎊ⰰ卿㧿ᝳ㬪Ǯㆁ✙ཎᙚ౩卿཭㛑ࢮ
         Largest: 4 in. (10.2 cm.) long, box         (10)
                                                           㘲ݏǯ
                                      US$16,000-23,000     ଍ᆨமἃӶ㇧ߺ⎏‷ₕ卿ヿ㬷⊬ᝳ⤇ߏ࠘Ԡ⌆㒝卿ங଍⎏ӬڬᎵݦڬ⊇⤇
         HK$120,000-180,000
                                                           ߏ࠘Ԡ႙⻱Ǚᔺǚ߅Ӷऱᆨₕ卿ַ㷚Ǯַ㺠Ǯַ℡卿पݰᐯ㎜Ԡᆨጔ卿ヿ
         PROVENANCE
                                                           㙤Ի᠋♎࿶ᑌ⁒ǯप଍ஙԋ㛑ᎵӬ⛘மᝳཎເ卿⊇ᙻ⥿ᓔ卿፽ᛓ⋁ᛞ㏟ᚉ
         Acquired in Hong Kong prior to 1999
                                                           ཇ⊇Ԡℱↅ㱈ǯ
         LITERATURE
                                                           ऱ㯸ℱ଍ۣ㇦ᙻ໫ᇯ⏥ᷡྒྷ⥂⺼།ဂ㚃ந卻໫ᇯ⏥ᙔ⁒⩠ऒⒺ♾Ꮢ厍
         Pottery and Jades of China’s Neolithic Age, Taipei, 2001, p. 102, no.
                                                           Ƕԋஇ߅கℱ଍ݥ㫀ě ě໫ᇯǷ卿࢈՗卿    卿㮰  卻ॲː卼卿㮰
         85 (six of ten)
                                                           卻ॲ̤卼卿ᮅ㇛⏥᫋♼⥂䀦ྒྷತ஠卻ᴓ࢈⏥՗Ԭ㦜㒩⩠ऒ㪓卿ᴓ࢈⏥ᙔ⁒
         The stones are of exceptional fine quality, all are covered with greyish-  ⩠ऒⒺ♾Ꮢ厍Ƕ᫋♼䀦ྒྷǷ卿☑ໝ߅‸▘卿    ჺ ᝲ✄Ӭ‸卼ǯपᝳ⏟
         white alteration mottled with bluish and russet speckles. Some areas are   ַℱ଍ཐ㞔߅க卿ݦ஠மׅᙻ㧩ᮅ᱁ఓԠԋ᳸卿⩠ऒໝᙔࢇᄑߛབᝳᇅ᳅
         semi-translucent.
                                                           ݣⒺ♾卿⏟㜐ࢥఓᝳⶬल⎏ި།ặ㚃ந卿߅கഌ㞔ℱ଍ǯ
         All ten irregularly-shaped pendants are carved by string-cutting tools   ទ᪖ࢦ։⊿ᆨℱↅ㱈ՙ⏟卿༰ྏ㫙ᇑ卿ཆᓠ㙊㧩ᮅԋ᳸஠ࢥℱᙔࢇⒺ♾ǯ
         to simulate fish, birds, or other animals as objects of worship, with
         cutting marks on the surfaces. Each pendant is pierced to the centre or   卻ℳᚺ㙤ᖬᙔ卼
         at the end with a tiny aperture for suspension, and was probably worn
         exclusively by the nobles at the time.
         A small quantity of similar jade carvings had been discovered at the
         Xuejiagang Site, Qianshan County, Anhui Province, see The Complete
         Collection of Jades Unearthed in China – 6 - Anhui, Beijing, 2005,
         p. 44 (fig. 1) and p. 45 (fig. 2); and at Gushan Tomb, Wuxue County,
         Jiangxi Province, see Wuxue Gushan, Beijing, 2001, p.1. Both sites are
         located at the middle Yangtze River valley, close to the famous Lingjiatan
         site where a multitude of jades had been unearthed. However, the
         archaeological culture sequence of these sites awaits further research.
         It is very rare to find a group of these pendants. They are material
         evidence that help to advance the research on the various jade cultures
         of the middle Yangtze River valley.
         (Text by Wang Mingda)
                                                                    fig. 1 & 2  Photo provided by Wang Mingda
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