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Lot 22. An archaic green jade dragon-form huang pendant, Warring States period;  5/8in (37.2cm) high. Sold for US$6,375 (Estimate US$700 - 900). © Bonhams 2001-2023 The thin plaque simply carved as the silhouette of a horned dragon looking back towards its forked tail, the 'S'-shaped body supported by the curled wing and clawed feet, a small aperture drilled at the center for stringing, the surface plain, the translucent stone mottled with natural inclusions softly polished to a silky... [Lire la suite]

Lot 12. Three Neolithic mottled dark gray stone axes, fu, circa 5th-3rd millennium B.C.; 4 1/2, 5 1/8 and 6 1/8in (11.5, 13 and 15.5cm) lengths (3). Sold for US$3,570 (Estimate US$1,000-US$1,500). © Bonhams 2001-2023 Note: Stone axes with finely polished surface were made for ceremonial purposes. Following the forms of farming tools and weapons, they represent power in agriculture and in war. Although made of stone rather than jade, the choice of the material, the precision of the cut,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 150. An unfinished jade cong, Possibly Neolithic period. Width 6.5 cm, 2½ in. Lot sold: 6,300 GBP (Estimate: 3,000 - 5,000 GBP). © 2022 Sotheby's. of square section, pierced through the centre with a cylindrical aperture. Provenance: Pin Chen Tang, Hong Kong, October 1987. Literature: Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, pl. 3:7. Sotheby's. HOTUNG | 何東 The Personal Collection of the late Sir Joseph Hotung |... [Lire la suite]

Lot 142. A small jade cong, Possibly Neolithic period-Shang dynasty. Height 2.5 cm, 1 in. Lot sold: 52,920 GBP (Estimate: 10,000 - 15,000 GBP). © 2022 Sotheby's. carved from a rich yellow and russet coloured stone, the smooth surfaces undecorated. Provenance: Spink & Son Ltd., London, 18th March 1983. Literature: Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, pl. 7:3. Note: Created in compact size and austere form, this finely polished... [Lire la suite]

Lot 198. A jade cong, Late Shang-Western Zhou dynasty or later; h. 11.3 cm. Lot sold: 1,386,000 HKD (Estimate: 200,000 - 300,000 HKD). © Sotheby's 2022 perforated from both ends, of tall cylindrical form with a square cross-section, each corner carved with five registers of stylized masks comprising a long horizontal band incised with two grooves, above two faintly incised circles with two short strokes forming the eyes, wood stand. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 110. A jade cong, Neolithic period, Liangzhu culture (c. 3300-2250 BC); h. 4.7 cm. Lot sold: 3,780,000 HKD (Estimate: 3,000,000 - 4,000,000 HKD). © Sotheby's 2022 of short cylindrical form with a square cross-section, the sides divided into two registers, carved with a pair of confronting stylised human masks at each corner, each mask comprising two horizontal striated bars above a shorter oblong bar forming the nose and two faintly incised circles forming the eyes. ... [Lire la suite]

Cong (Ts'ung) Prismatic Cylinder and Bi disc, Qijia Culture, Late Neolithic Period (2100-1600 BCE), jade. © TAI Modern Chinese cosmology views the world in geometric terms. The Earth was square shaped and the Heavens round. As far back as the Neolithic period (10,000 – 2,000 BCE), Chinese artisans have used these shapes to symbolize their universe, which is most apparent when viewing the jade objects on display in Round Heaven | Square Earth: Ancient Chinese Jade. The Neolithic Period witnessed... [Lire la suite]

Lot 33. A green jade cong, Neolithic period, Liangzhu culture (3300–2300 BC). Diameter 2⅜ in., 5.9 cm. Estimate: 4,000 - 6,000 USD. Lot sold: 264,600 USD. © Sothebys. Provenance: Sotheby's London, 11th July 1967, lot 55. Collection of Wou Kiuan (1910-1997). Wou Lien-Pai Museum, 1968-present, coll. no. E.3.3. Note: The present lot represents one of the archetypal jade artefacts from the Liangzhu culture (c. 3300-2300 BC). Cong,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 704. A large mottled black and brown jade cong, Neolithic period, 3rd millenium BC; 4 3⁄8 in. (11.1 cm.) square. Estimate USD 6,000 - USD 8,000. Price realised USD 94,500. © Christie's 2022 The thick-walled cylinder has squared, projecting corners decorated with two rudimentary masks each formed by two long horizontal bands above a shorter band with rounded ends and a pair of incised circular eyes. The blackish stone has areas of brown and buff alteration.  Provenance: The Property of a... [Lire la suite]

Lot 27. A large celadon-glazed crackled square vase, cong, Qing dynasty; 26 cm, 10¼ in. Lot sold: 3,780 EUR (Estimate: 3,000 - 5,000 EUR). (C) 2021 Sotheby's of archaic jade form, the square section straight-sided body rising from a short foot to a narrow tapering circular neck, covered overall with a pale blue-green crackled glaze, the footrim dressed in a brown wash in imitation of Song dynasty guan wares. Sotheby's. Arts d'Asie, Paris, 9 December 2021