LOT 59 A MOTTLED BROWN JADE CONG Neolithic Period/Shang Dynasty
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A MOTTLED BROWN JADE CONG Neolithic Period/Shang DynastyTHE PROPERTY OF A BRITISH FAMILY英国家族收藏A MOTTLED BROWN JADE CONGNeolithic Period/Shang DynastyThe cong with flat sides and a very shallow collar at each end, the mottled olive-green and beige stone with areas of opaque beige and grey inclusions. 5.5cm (2 1/4in) wide.新石器時代/商 玉琮Provenance: Joseph (1938-2005) and Bella (1941-2011) Shapiro, and thence by descent 來源:Joseph Shapiro (1938-2005)和 Bella Shapiro (1941-2011)舊藏,並由後人保存迄今The cong was one of the most enigmatic of all Chinese jade artifacts, used as a ritual utensil during sacrificial and burial ceremonies. Compare with a similar mottled ice-green, gray and brownish-black jade cong, late Neolithic period, circa 2250-1900 BC, in the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, acc.no.F1917.41; see also a related yellow jade cong, circa 2000-1500 BC, in the British Museum, illustrated by J.Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, p.154, cat.no.7:3.A related dark olive-green and brown jade cong, 2nd-1st millennium BC, was sold at Christie's New York, 19 March 2015, lot 557.sold_price_type: £
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