Lot 2701
2701
A RARE OPAQUE JADE ‘ANIMAL MASK’ CONG
A RARE OPAQUE JADE ‘ANIMAL MASK’ CONG
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A RARE OPAQUE JADE ‘ANIMAL MASK’ CONG

LIANGZHU CULTURE, CIRCA 3300-2300 BC

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A RARE OPAQUE JADE ‘ANIMAL MASK’ CONG

LIANGZHU CULTURE, CIRCA 3300-2300 BC
The thick-walled cong is carved into a square. The sides are carved with a stylised mask at each of the four corners, comprising two long bars above a shorter bar and flanked by two incised circles forming the eyes. The stone is of an ivory-white colour with russet markings.
1 9/16 in. (4.1 cm.) high, box
Provenance
The Yangdetang Collection, Taipei, acquired prior to 1995
Literature
Chang Foundation Museum, Ancient Jade from the Yangde Tang Collection, Taipei, 1993, pl. 2, pp.12-13
Teng Shu-p’ing, Collectors’ Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, Taipei, 1995, pl. 10, pp. 68-69
Compare with an example, similar to the present lot, with only one register of masks and linear designs of Liangzhu jade cong, in the Zhejiang Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology and illustrated in Liangzhu wenhua yuqi, Hong Kong, 1989, p. 30, no. 39. Compare also another similarly carved Liangzhu cong of shorter height and wider width from the British Museum, which is included in Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jade-from the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, pl. 3:2, p. 126.
Exhibited
Chang Foundation Museum, Ancient Jade from the Yangde Tang Collection, Taipei, 27 January-24 April 1993
National Palace Museum, Collectors’ Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, Taipei, 1995, Catalogue, pl. 10

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Compare with an example, similar to the present lot, with only one register of masks and linear designs of Liangzhu jade cong, in the Zhejiang Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology and illustrated in Liangzhu wenhua yuqi, Hong Kong, 1989, p. 30, no. 39. Compare also another similarly carved Liangzhu cong of shorter height and wider width from the British Museum, which is included in Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jade-from the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, pl. 3:2, p. 126.

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