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A MOTTLED OLIVE-GREEN AND BROWN JADE CONG
WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY
The semi-translucent stone of rich, dark olive-green color with brown mottling and veining, with areas of yellowish-buff color emanating from some of the veins and some opaque alteration from burial, carved as a rectangular block enclosing a cylindrical tube extending beyond the triangular shoulders at either end to form a collar, with a smooth satiny polish, some encrustation--5 3/4in. (14.6cm.) high
WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY
The semi-translucent stone of rich, dark olive-green color with brown mottling and veining, with areas of yellowish-buff color emanating from some of the veins and some opaque alteration from burial, carved as a rectangular block enclosing a cylindrical tube extending beyond the triangular shoulders at either end to form a collar, with a smooth satiny polish, some encrustation--5 3/4in. (14.6cm.) high
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