SPECIAL SPRING AUCTION, 26 MARCH 2025 - 1ST SESSION: ASIAN ART
Carved jade cong, Liangzhu culture
Awarded For. 3.800 €
Lot 250.
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Description.
Beautiful greenish jade, with reddish, ochre and amber flecks. Carved in the traditional ‘cong’ shape, with a rectangular exterior with horizontal bands in relief and a hollow cylindrical interior. The perimeter is finely decorated with incised borders. It shows age-related wear. Neolithic period (ca. 6000 - 2000 BC) or later.
Size: 21.8 x 8.7 x 8.6 cm
Weight: 2427 g
Provenance: Collection of Tommy Lam, Hong Kong, from 1980.
