A RARE SMALL OLIVE-GREEN AND RUSSET JADE CONG
A RARE SMALL OLIVE-GREEN AND RUSSET JADE CONG

NEOLITHIC PERIOD, LIANGZHU CULTURE, CIRCA 2500 BC

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A RARE SMALL OLIVE-GREEN AND RUSSET JADE CONG
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, LIANGZHU CULTURE, CIRCA 2500 BC
Of tubular form with squared projecting corners, each carved with two stacked masks detailed with a slightly concave strip carved with the eyes set between the fine horizontal lines indicating the hair or headdress above and the small nose below, the pale olive-green stone with some russet and opaque buff markings
1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm.) square
Provenance
A.W. Bahr Collection, Weybridge, 1963.

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