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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 紳士藏品
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A VERY RARE ARCHAIC JADE RITUAL VESSEL, CONG
Neolithic Period, Liangzhu Culture
Of short cylindrical square section, each projected corner finely and
precisely depicted with two registers of stylised human and animal masks
below two raised bands incised with parallel lines, the upper face with
small circular eyes and the lower face with larger protruding eyes, both
noses formed by a small raised bands with rounded ends, the lustrous
opaque stone of chalky-white tone suffused with buff inclusions.
8.4cm (3 1/4in) wide

HK$3,000,000 - 4,000,000
US$380,000 - 510,000

新石器時代 良渚文化 神人獸面紋玉琮

Provenance:
The Peony Collection
An important Asian private collection

Published and Illustrated:
R.Keverne, ed., Jade, London, 1990, p.73, fig.39
A.Forsyth and B.McElney, Jades from China, Bath, 1994, no.39

Exhibited:
Jades from China, Museum of East Asian Art, Bath, 11 June 1994

來源：
Peony收藏
重要亞洲私人收藏

出版及著錄：
R.Keverne，《Jade》，倫敦，1990年，頁73，圖39
A.Forsyth及B.McElney，《Jades from China》，巴斯，1994年，編號
39

展覽：
《Jades from China》，東亞藝術博物館，巴斯，1994年6月11日

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