Lot 912
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A PALE BEIGISH-GREEN JADE, CONG
A PALE BEIGISH-GREEN JADE, CONG
A PALE BEIGISH-GREEN JADE, CONG
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Property from the Collection of Sam and Myrna Myers
A PALE BEIGISH-GREEN JADE, CONG

NORTHWEST CHINA, 2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM BC

Details
A PALE BEIGISH-GREEN JADE, CONG
NORTHWEST CHINA, 2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM BC
2 ½ in. (6.3 cm.) wide
Provenance
Sam and Myrna Myers Collection, Paris, by 1985.
Literature
Two Americans in Paris: A Quest for Asian Art, Paris, 2016, p. 42, no. 43.
Exhibited
Montreal, Canada, Pointe-à-Callière Montréal Museum of Archaeology and History, Two Americans in Paris: A Quest for Asian Art, 17 November 2016 – 19 March 2017.
Fort Worth, Texas, Kimbell Art Museum, From the Lands of Asia: The Sam and Myrna Myers Collection, 18 March – 19 August 2018.

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Lot Essay


The short height and short collars, as well as the type of jade of this cong indicate an origin in northwest China. For a similar cong see The Complete Collection of Jades Unearthed in China - 4 - Shandong, Beijing, 2005, p. 157, from Qianzhangda, Tengzhou, Shandong province. See, also, the similar example from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections sold at Christie’s New York, 14 September 2009, lot 41.

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