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A YELLOW JADE CARVING OF A
⊅೰ᦪᐷ٪ᒶ㟌ᥨˮ᫛ⅲᑕ⊅ࣰᓁ͞ᐷ٪䢲Ւˮἔࣰⅲ
HEAD
⟞ೀۢᢶ܂ᐷ٪Пၔ䢲ᒶてڈᐷ٪ⅲ⑪֨͞⻢ǐ㩾᡹Ⅼ
SHIJIAHE CULTURE, CIRCA 2500-2000 BC
ήᑞ᫶٫૰㟓⊅೰ᦪ۵৬Շ⟕೰ᗭ๡㑦ঋ䢲 ໝ͞׀
The tubular carving is finely carved on the exterior in shallow
ݬܕǐてᐷ٪˹⿀ֱΤॼ᫶٫Ǐᦪڙڙ㒴Ǐ᫶ڙ٫㒴
relief with a face of disintguishing features including a wide flat
ঃڈ䢲Ւˮ࿘ঃڈᒶᥨᮗໜۈǐ☼᳦ՌԬע Ĝע
nose, downturned mouth, and piered ears, below a headdress in
ໝǐ the form of a raised band with incised rope-twist design.
1 À/”ÿ in. (3 cm.) high, box
SHIJIAHE CULTURE US$77,000-100,000
HK$600,000-800,000
Shijiahe Culture is a Neolithic culture developed PROVENANCE
around the middle reaches of Yangtze River, most Lantien Shanfang Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1998
notable for its exceptional and sophisticated jade
carvings. It is named after the site of Luojiabailing in ⊆ೱᦫᐸ٫ 㷍ἕ͂㦸
Shijiahe city, located in Tianmen of Hubei province,
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first discovered in the early 1980s. Areas around the
⻤⊏ྒྷᏑ⯠⻦卿 ჺ㐟ᙻझ࢈
Jianghan Plains form the nucleus of Shijiahe Culture,
spreading across Hubei, south of Henan and north of
Hunan. It is dated to circa 2500 to 2000 BC.

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