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ͦ㦊ᐷ٪                                              2754
                                                           A MOTTLED BLACK AND WHITE
         㷌ᦪˮ᫛ঃڈⅲᑕ⊅ࣰᓁ͞ᐷ٪ǐॏ    ໝ㩾᡹Ⅼኵᑞ
                                                           JADE HAIR PIN
         ᦪڙ⇈᯽ᥩ✥ͦ㦊ᖐ㑦ঋ⡊ྴܕǐՒֱຎ䢲͠᫑ǏᦁǏ
                                                           YANGSHAO CULTURE, CIRCA 5000-3000 BC
         ᨁバ㷌ᦪᏵᨤٺ㢣ⅲˮۈঃڈ᳦ˮ࿘䢲٫׍㟌৬ᦵ⛪ۢ
                                                           The long pin tapers to a point at one end and with a flat  ovoid
         ᦪଌঃڈ䢲ڙ㑇㓊⾾٫䢲ᖥ⦰ㆇᖥˏຯ䢲⾾׍ Ǐ㤍዁
                                                           head at the other. The stone is of a mottled dark grey and  creamy
         ૄঃຯǐՏⅬή㑦ঋ☼    ૨ⴷ䢲⚯㍨૯⿊ុⅬኵⅲ
                                                           white tone with soft polish.
         Քা㑦ঋᕖ  㨾ⴷǐ㉽ᐁധသ⌏♘ᑚ͞˩⚯ᘬ᢫䢲ໝ                          6 ‰ in. (17.4 cm.) long, box
         ͞☼᳦ՌԬע    䤄ע    ໝǐͦ㦊ᐷ٪ⅲע㌪ᒶ⡁
                                                                                          US$3,900-6,400
         ೙܀Ǐᖍ೰ᖐǏ⌘൶Ǐ⽍ᖍ෥バᐷ٪䢮ᆘ⚗␴᳦ğעͦ                          HK$30,000-50,000
         㦊Ġᓁᕩᑕ⊅ࣰᐷ٪䢯䢲ॼˮۈঃڈⅬൢ᳦༲໶ᬧ̣ᕩ                          PROVENANCE
         ᐷ٪䣁Ւ㟢૯☼⚯ᢶ̞Չڋ૨ໝⅲⅬൢ㑁␙ǐܔᓁ⁳ᑞ                          Lantien Shanfang Collection, acquired in Macau in 1989
         ঃ৶ກ₢䢲⻢ήॼᐷ٪㤚㆟˖̑᣻㍨⽞㢶䢲૯㭕をϜ䢲                          Compare with a similar but longer (25.7 cm. long) greyish-black jade
         ॼՒˮ࿘ঃڈۿ᳦ֱ͠٫㩾๡ǏڑঠǏ༲໶ᬧݸ⾾἖ᖐ                          hair pin from the Yangshao Culture discovered at Youfeng, Wugong
                                                           County, Shaanxi province, which is now in the Museum of School of
         ⓼ोй㧛া䣁⡊ॼ՗ڙǏㆇ٫ݸㆇˮঃڈ䢲םᕖྯ෥Ǐ                          Archaeology and Meseology, Northwest University, and is illustrated in
         ૯܇⑤ᖐݸ␂἖ക⓼˕й㧛াǐͦ㦊ᐷ٪͠Ւֱຎ̃༶                          The Complete Collection of Unearthed Jades in China, Beijing, 2005,
                                                           p. 4 (fig. 1).
         ᧏䢲གྷ❾̃˿㟌䢲Շᩱ̃ㅵ೾䢲ྗ㦑̃᪨㑐䢲⡊ᆓ᳦ˮ
         ४バᑕ⊅ࣰᐷ٪ˮⅲˏᏵ˹໡ǐ
                                                           ͧ㦋ᐸ٫   ગⅮἕⓇ
         YANGSHAO CULTURE                                  ϝᬝ
                                                           ⻤⊏ྒྷᏑ⯠⻦卿    ჺ㐟ᙻḭ㧰
         This renowned Neolithic culture flourished in the
                                                           㩰㇛⏥᫋࠻⥂᳸㰍ᙲ⒢଍ᛞջ㚃நᝪ߅கӬ։ᆨ߰⏟ַֿ㖅㧩卻  ݩ
         middle regions of Yellow River. The archaeological site
                                                           ߎ卼⎏փ㮧ᙔࢇಳℱ⛣卿ⶬ㢙ᙻǶԋஇ߅கℱ଍ݥ㫀Ƿ卿✄  ݺ卿࢈
         was discovered in 1921 in Yangshao village of Shenchi
                                                           ՗卿    ჺ卿㮰 卻ॲː卼卿㊃׾→⻦ᙻ㇛࢈ഌໝᙔࢷໝ㩴ࢷ⁒㱦ǯ
         county in Henan province, thus contributing to its name.
         It is centered around the regions where the tributaries of
         Wei, Fen, Luo join the Yellow River, extending northward
         to the Great Wall, southward to northwest Hubei,
         eastward to east of Henan, westward to the borders
         between Qinghai and Gansu. Over 1000 sites were
         excavated, around 10 of which are exceptionally large in
         scale. Based on radiocarbon dating, Yangshao Culture
         is dated to circa 5000 to 3000 BC. The predecessors
         of Yangshao Culture include Laoguantai, Lijiacun,
         Cishan and Peiligang Cultures (collectively known as
         proto-Yangshao Culture). In a span of two millennia,
         areas around the Central Plains evolved into Phase 2 of
         Miaodigou Culture. Due to its extensive geographical
         reach, Yangshao Culture is characterised by its cultural
         diversity. Broadly speaking, its nuclear regions can be
         classified into four sub-cultures: Beishouling, Banpo,
         Miaodigou and Xiwangcun; while areas in south of Hebei,
         north and central Henan can be classified into three sub-
         cultures: Hougang, Dasikongcun and Qinwangzhai.

         Yangshao Culture is one of the most far-reaching
         Neolithic cultures with abundant archaeological findings
         spanning across a long period of time, representing an
         important component of pre-historic cultures in China.



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