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fig. 1 Photo provided by Wang Mingda
எӬ எ‷⊐ℳᚺ㙤ᓽ؊

2752 Continued

The present tube tapers gently from the top to bottom, and is carved on ℱ㐏ᜆ⇰ᷪᰇ卿᳍㬪ⰰǯ
one side in relief with a face complete with human facial features.
՞㯔۬ս᱙㫌ᆨᅴߴஙӳ⛘⊶⠈Ӵ⛘⊶⡿⎏ℱ❖ԠӬ㬷ǯ՞۬Ԡ␓Ǯ
He is shown wearing a woven headdress and earrings. 䁉Ǯ૤Ǯ⪆Ն໶䁖ݥ卿ᙃٖᆨ㎜⯝჎՞Ὅ⊿ǯ
Carvings of human faces form an important category among jades from 㯔Ꮚ⥫⁒⤔Ꮀ⎏ិ㶂ވ卿㫐⪆Ꮚ∪ǯ
the Shijiahe Culture, but are more often represented on flat rectangular
surfaces. Tubular carvings with human faces are significnately rarer. ℱ՞㯔۬ᛓ⒢།ᯇᙔࢇℱ଍ԋ㞒㇝⎏଍♎卿჎㇦㧩ᙹᆨ‷ₕ卿❖ₕ՞㯔
۬ᥑཐǯ
Compare with a similar tubular jade carving of a human face discovered
at the Xiaojia Roof excavation site, Hubei Province, now in Jingzhou 卻ཌᾅℱ❖ₕ՞㯔۬ἃ⒢།ᯇ㚃ந⫅།ྲྀ⬝8 卿㖊ᙻǶ⒢།ᯇᙔࢇℱ
Museum and illustrated in Jade Objects of the Shijiahe Culture, Beiijng, ଍Ƿ卿࢈՗卿 ჺ卿㮰 卿எ‸ ⽚卿ॲː卼
2008, p. 28, no. 3 (fig. 1).
卻ℳᚺ㙤ᖬᙔ卼
(Text by Wang Mingda)

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