Lot 186
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A RARE CALCIFIED JADE CONG

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A RARE CALCIFIED JADE CONG
NEOLITHIC, LIANGZHU CULTURE, CIRCA 2800-1900 B. C.

Well carved at each projecting corner with a pair of masks, each with two striated horizontal bands on the forehead above incised double-circle eyes and a scroll-incised oblong nose, the satin-polished stone now opaque and of mottled buff color with areas of black mottling--2 in. (5cm.) square, cloth box

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Compare similar cong illustrated in Liangzhu Culture, no. 34, excavated in 1978, Jiangsu province, Wujin county, Si mound; no. 35, excavated in 1982, Jiangsu province, Kunshan county, Chao mound and no. 36, excavated in 1987, Jiangsu province, Lianshui county, Sanli mound

Compare also the similar cong illustrated by James Watt, Chinese Jades from the Collection of the Seattle Art Museum, 1989, pl. 2 and another included in the exhibition, Jade in Chinese Culture, Palm Springs Desert Museum, 1990, Catalogue no. 56