Asian Art II - 16th May 2017
Lot 192
A CHINESE ARCHAISTIC BROWN STEATITE CONG IN LIANGZHU CULTURE STYLE Of tapering square-section form
Estimate £1,000 - £2,000 | Hammer £900
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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 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.