LIANGZHU CULTURE, CIRCA 3300-2300 BC

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A JADE NECKLACE
LIANGZHU CULTURE, CIRCA 3300-2300 BC
The necklace comprises 125 beads of varying sizes and a pendant in the shape of an animal, possibly a running dog. The stones are covered with white alteration.
17 1/2 in. (44 cm.) long, box

Provenance

Lantien Shanfang Collection, acquired in Hong Kong in 1993

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Lot Essay

Similar abstract carvings of jade animals were discovered at Fuquanshan archaeological site, Zhejiang province, see an example of bird-shaped pendant illustrated in Liangzhu wenhua yuqi, Hong Kong/Taipei, 1989, p. 146, no. 196 (fig. 1).

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