Period:Unknown Production date:3300BC-2200BC
Materials:jade
Technique:incised
Subjects:mask
Dimensions:Height: 9.10 centimetres Width: 8.50 centimetres
Description:
Dark green hardstone cong with lighter-coloured inclusions and darker green mottling with a soft polish.
IMG
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Comments:There is a chipped and polished area at one of the top corners. This cong tapering slightly downwards is decorated with three horizontal bands of “human” masks at the corners. The marks have two striated bands at the forehead, double-circles representing eyes, gently notched areas for noses and rectangular mouths in relief. Neolithic. See Rawson 1995, p.127, cat.no.3:4. This cong presents a tier of three faces on each of its corners, rather than just one or two. It is very elegantly formed, tapering slightly from top to bottom, with crisp angles and decoration. The three faces all consist of two parallel ridges with incised lines at the top, concentric circles with small dashes for the eyes, and a narrow ridge for the nose at the bottom. Cong with three sections are among the tallest found in the Zhejiang province sites of Yaoshan and Fanshan in Yuhang county, although a few slightly taller examples have been reported. Taller cong with repetitive use of the abbreviated, human-like face, rather than the combination of human and monster, are more common in Jiangsu, as in the tombs at Wujin Sidun. The present example is a small and fine version of the type seen on a larger scale in 550 [2014,AsiaLoan,1.76] and 328 [2014,AsiaLoan,1.60].
Materials:jade
Technique:incised
Subjects:mask
Dimensions:Height: 9.10 centimetres Width: 8.50 centimetres
Description:
Dark green hardstone cong with lighter-coloured inclusions and darker green mottling with a soft polish.
IMG
Comments:There is a chipped and polished area at one of the top corners. This cong tapering slightly downwards is decorated with three horizontal bands of “human” masks at the corners. The marks have two striated bands at the forehead, double-circles representing eyes, gently notched areas for noses and rectangular mouths in relief. Neolithic. See Rawson 1995, p.127, cat.no.3:4. This cong presents a tier of three faces on each of its corners, rather than just one or two. It is very elegantly formed, tapering slightly from top to bottom, with crisp angles and decoration. The three faces all consist of two parallel ridges with incised lines at the top, concentric circles with small dashes for the eyes, and a narrow ridge for the nose at the bottom. Cong with three sections are among the tallest found in the Zhejiang province sites of Yaoshan and Fanshan in Yuhang county, although a few slightly taller examples have been reported. Taller cong with repetitive use of the abbreviated, human-like face, rather than the combination of human and monster, are more common in Jiangsu, as in the tombs at Wujin Sidun. The present example is a small and fine version of the type seen on a larger scale in 550 [2014,AsiaLoan,1.76] and 328 [2014,AsiaLoan,1.60].
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