CHINA, NEOLITHIC PERIOD, LIANGZHU CULTURE, 3RD MILLENNIUM BC

This unusual bracelet carved with five masks is similar to a Neolithic jade bracelet with relief decoration on the circumference found in the tomb of Fu Hao, and illustrated in a line drawing by Jessica Rawson in Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, British Museum, 1995, p. 41, fig. 27. The bracelet itself is illustrated in Yinxu Yuqi, 1982, pl. 5.