Lot 121. A jade cong, Neolithic Period-Shang Dynasty; Diameter 2 1/4 in., 5.8 cm. Estimate 10,000 — 15,000 USD. Lot sold 12,500 USD. Photo Sotheby's.

carved with a square section pierced by the central ring rising at either end to a short collar, the stone of brownish-red color with amber inclusions. 

Provenance: Collection of Nicolas Landau, Paris.

Property from the Sam and Myrna Myers Collection

Litterature: Filippo Salviati, Radiant Stones: Archaic Chinese Jades, Hong Kong, 2000, cat. no. 70.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art. New York | 18 Mar 2014, 10:30 AM