Lot Essay
Compare the larger cong of amber-buff color carved with a similar mask illustrated by d'Argence, Chinese Jades in the Avery Brundage Collection, 1975, pl. XI
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A FINE DARK GREEN JADE CONG
NEOLITHIC, LIANGZU CULTURE, 3RD MILLENIUM B.C.
The four projecting corners carved with a simplified mask formed by two striated bands above a pair of inscribed, double-circle eyes flanking a nose with depressed bridge and inscribed nostrils, the dense, almost completely opaque stone of dark moss-green color suffused with reddish-brown and some opaque inclusions and with a soft, satiny polish--1 7/8 in. (4.8cm.) square, cloth box
NEOLITHIC, LIANGZU CULTURE, 3RD MILLENIUM B.C.
The four projecting corners carved with a simplified mask formed by two striated bands above a pair of inscribed, double-circle eyes flanking a nose with depressed bridge and inscribed nostrils, the dense, almost completely opaque stone of dark moss-green color suffused with reddish-brown and some opaque inclusions and with a soft, satiny polish--1 7/8 in. (4.8cm.) square, cloth box