LIANGZHU CULTURE, CIRCA 3300-2300 BC

The current cong is very rare with an attractive aged patina. 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 to another one-tiered Liangzhu jade cong, formerly in the Yangdetang Collection, sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 28 November 2018, lot 2701.