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2710 良渚文化晚期 約公元前2600-2300年 玉神人紋九節琮
AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE NINE-
TIERED JADE CONG 來源
養德堂珍藏，台北，入藏於 1999 年以前
LATE LIANGZHU CULTURE,
CIRCA 2600-2300 BC 展覽
國立故宮博物院，《羣玉別藏續集》，台北，1999年，圖錄
The cong is of square cross section surrounding a cylindrically 圖版27號
hollowed tube to the centre with rounded square corners, and
tapers slightly from top to bottom. The sides are divided into 著錄
nine registers with a stylised mask at each of the four corners, 鄧淑蘋，《羣玉別藏續集》，台北，1999年，圖版27號
comprising two long bars above a shorter bar and flanked by two
incised circles forming the eyes. The mottled stone is of a reddish-
black and light brown colour.
9 º in. (23.5 cm.) high, box

HK$3,000,000-5,000,000
US$390,000-640,000

PROVENANCE

The Yangdetang Collection, Taipei, acquired prior to 1999

EXHIBITED

National Palace Museum, Collectors’ Exhibition of Archaic Chinese
Jades, Taipei, 1999, Catalogue, pl. 27

LITERATURE

Teng Shu-p’ing, Collectors’ Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades,
Taipei, 1999, pl. 27

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