Lot 3603. A yellow jade 'mask' ornament, Neolithic period, Shijiahe culture (2500–2000 BC); 7.3 cm. Lot sold: 3,024,000 HKD (Estimate: 150,000 - 200,000 HKD). © Sotheby's 2022

Provenance: J.T. Tai & Co., New York, 15th May 1963.
Collection of Arthur M. Sackler (1913-87).
Collection of a private foundation.
Christie's New York, 13th September 2012, lot 1003.

Literature: Doris J. Dohrenwend, 'Jade Demonic Images from Early China', Ars Orientalis, vol. 10, 1975, pp. 55-78, pl. 6, fig. 16.

Sotheby's. Important Chinese Art, Hong Kong, 9 October 2022