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THE FLORENCE AND HERBERT IRVING COLLECTION
EIGHT JADE ORNAMENTS
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, LIANGZHU CULTURE, 3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM BC
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EIGHT JADE ORNAMENTS
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, LIANGZHU CULTURE, 3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM BC
The group comprises an arc-shaped ornament with perforations at either end, probably half of a bracelet; two flattened disc-shaped pendants with central perforations; two awl-shaped pendants; a flattened pendant with pronged end; a thick ornament with rounded side and flat reverse, drilled through one end for suspension; and a handle-shaped implement. Together with four mottled buff and ivory-colored jade flattened ornaments, Northeast China, late 3rd-2nd millennium BC, including two of irregular rounded-rectangular shape with two perforations and one of irregular oval shape with four perforations, each with subtly notched sides; and a disc of rounded-square shape with central perforation.
The largest, 6 ¾ in. (15.7 cm.) high, cloth box
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, LIANGZHU CULTURE, 3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM BC
The group comprises an arc-shaped ornament with perforations at either end, probably half of a bracelet; two flattened disc-shaped pendants with central perforations; two awl-shaped pendants; a flattened pendant with pronged end; a thick ornament with rounded side and flat reverse, drilled through one end for suspension; and a handle-shaped implement. Together with four mottled buff and ivory-colored jade flattened ornaments, Northeast China, late 3rd-2nd millennium BC, including two of irregular rounded-rectangular shape with two perforations and one of irregular oval shape with four perforations, each with subtly notched sides; and a disc of rounded-square shape with central perforation.
The largest, 6 ¾ in. (15.7 cm.) high, cloth box
Provenance
The Irving Collection, New York, by 1987.
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