Asian Art II - 15th November 2016
Lot 370
A CHINESE ARCHAISTIC BROWN STEATITE CONG IN LIANGZHU CULTURE STYLE Of tapering square-section form
Estimate £2,000 - £3,000
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Description
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 carved surface details 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.