A jade cong, Western Zhou Dynasty. Photo Sotheby's.

with plain rectangular sides and cylindrical shaft carved from a mottled dark gray-green and black jade.Height 5 1/2 in., 14 cm. Estimation 65,000 — 85,000 USD

Provenance: Acquired in London, 1980.
PROPERTY FROM THE SAM AND MYRNA MYERS COLLECTION

Litterature: Filippo Salviati, Radiant Stones: Archaic Chinese Jades, Hong Kong, 2000, cat. no. 54.

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