A GROUP OF IVORY AND BUFF-COLORED JADE BEADS AND BUTTONS
THE FLORENCE AND HERBERT IRVING COLLECTION
A GROUP OF IVORY AND BUFF-COLORED JADE BEADS AND BUTTONS

NEOLITHIC PERIOD, LIANGZHU CULTURE, 3RD MILLENIUM BC

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A GROUP OF IVORY AND BUFF-COLORED JADE BEADS AND BUTTONS
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, LIANGZHU CULTURE, 3RD MILLENIUM BC
The group comprises three cylindrical beads, a spherical bead, a large domed button, five small domed buttons, and two small compressed spherical buttons. Together with a buff-colored oblong jade ornament with rounded top, with perforations through the angled ends and flat back.
The largest, 1 ¼ in. (3.2 cm.) diam.
Provenance
The Irving Collection, New York, by 1987.

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