A RARE TUBULAR CONG-FORM JADE BEAD, LIANGZHU CULTURE China, circa 3300-2200. Of cylindrical form, the two-tiered miniature bead is finely incised with two bands of stylized masks and drilled from both ends. The stone is now opaque and of buff color from alteration.

Provenance: From a private estate in New York City, USA.
Condition: Very good condition with minor wear and few smoothened chips. The stone with natural fissures which have developed into small hairline cracks over time.

Weight: 12.6 g
Dimensions: Length 3.3 cm

Literature comparison:
Two similar beads are illustrated by J. Rawson in Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, British Museum, 1995, p. 144, no. 5:11, where the author notes that similar beads have been found in Liangzhu tombs. Another similar bead is illustrated by J. F. So in Chinese Jades from the Cissy and Robert Tang Collection, Art Museum, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2015, p. 48, no. 4a. The author, p. 51, notes that the features carved on the bead are typical of Liangzhu jades from Fanshan and Yaoshan, as demonstrated by those in a string of beads found at Yaoshan, Yuhang, Zhejiang province, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Jades Unearthed in China, vol. 8, Beijing, 2005, p. 128.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Christie's New York, 17 March 2016, lot 905
Price: USD 81,250 or approx. EUR 93,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A rare small opaque buff-colored jade tubular bead, Neolithic period, Liangzhu culture, circa 2500 BC
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form, color, and incision work, as well as the length (3.1 cm).


罕見良渚文化琮形玉珠
中國，約公元前3300至2200年。玉珠被雕刻成琮形，獸形面具紋，穿孔。不透明的玉料上大面積鈣化。

來源：美國紐約私人收藏。
品相：品相極好，輕微磨損 ，小磕損隨著時間的推移已經變得平滑。帶有天然裂縫的石料，隨著時間的推移，其中一些可能會發展成細小的裂縫。

重量：12.6 克
尺寸：長 3.3 厘米

文獻比較：
兩件相似的玉珠，出土於良渚墓，見 J. Rawson，《Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing》，大英博物館藏，1995年， 頁144, 編號5:11。另一件相似的玉珠，見 J. F. So，Chinese Jades from the Cissy and Robert Tang Collection，藝術博物館，香港中文大學，2015年，頁48，編號4a。作者在第51頁指出，珠子上雕刻的特徵是反山和瑤山良渚玉器的典型特徵，浙江余杭瑤山出土的一串珠子上的特徵就證明了這一點，《中國出土玉器全集》第8卷，北京，2005年，第128頁。

拍賣結果比較：
形制：非常相近
拍賣：紐約佳士得，2016年3月17日，lot 905
價格：USD 81,250（相當於今日EUR 95,000）
描述：約西元前2500年新石器時代良渚文化罕見不透明的水色小管狀玉珠
專家評論：比較一件玉珠，非常相近的外型、顏色、雕刻，以及尺寸(3.1 厘米)。