A CHINESE ARCHAISTIC BROWN STEATITE CONG IN LIANGZHU CULTURE STYLE Of tapering square-section form

A CHINESE ARCHAISTIC BROWN STEATITE CONG

IN LIANGZHU CULTURE STYLE

Of tapering square-section form, carved in shallow relief to the exterior with sectional designs containing circular motifs, the carving possibly added later, the stone with russet and cream mottling, 33cm.

Provenance: purchased from Cathay Antiques, London in 1974.

Cf. J Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, p.128, no.3:5, where a Liangzhu jade example is illustrated.