Lot 483
483
A RARE ALTERED IVORY-COLORED OLIVE-GREEN JADE CARVED BRACELET
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A RARE ALTERED IVORY-COLORED OLIVE-GREEN JADE CARVED BRACELET

CHINA, NEOLITHIC PERIOD, LIANGZHU CULTURE, 3RD MILLENNIUM BC

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A RARE ALTERED IVORY-COLORED OLIVE-GREEN JADE CARVED BRACELET
CHINA, NEOLITHIC PERIOD, LIANGZHU CULTURE, 3RD MILLENNIUM BC
The flat, circular bracelet carved on the outer edge in relief with five now-worn masks, the inner rim with gently rounded sides, the opaque stone now of ivory tone suffused with grey veins, the translucent yellowish-green stone showing through from beneath the opaque alteration
3 ¾ in. (9.5 cm.) diameter
Provenance
The Collection of Robert H. Ellsworth, New York, before 2000.
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Lot Essay

This unusual bracelet carved with five masks is similar to a Neolithic jade bracelet with relief decoration on the circumference found in the tomb of Fu Hao, and illustrated in a line drawing by Jessica Rawson in Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, British Museum, 1995, p. 41, fig. 27. The bracelet itself is illustrated in Yinxu Yuqi, 1982, pl. 5.

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