NORTHWEST CHINA, 2ND-1ST MILLENIUM BC

Details

A PALE YELLOW AND BEIGE JADE CONG
NORTHWEST CHINA, 2ND-1ST MILLENIUM BC
5 7/8 in. (14.8 cm) high

Provenance

Beurdeley, France.
Bluett, London, 1978.
Frederick Knight, London, 1979.
Bluett, London, 1984.
Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, New York, 18 July 1984.

Sale room notice

Please note there is additional provenance for this lot. The provenance should now read:
Beurdeley, France.
Bluett, London, 1978.
Frederick Knight, London, 1979.
Bluett, London, 1984.
Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, New York, 18 July 1984.

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Lot Essay

The present jade cong can be compared to a green jade cong decorated with three bands of narrow grooves in the Jingning Musuem, which was excavated from Houliugou village, Jingning vounty, Gansu province, and identified as Qijia Culture, and illustrated by Gu Fang, The Complete Collection of Jades Unearthed in China, Beijing, vol. 15, p. 36.

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