A SMALL JADE CONG SHANG DYNASTY - WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY | 商至西周 玉琮

ARCHAIC AND ARCHAISTIC JADES FROM THE MICHAEL GULBENKIAN COLLECTION

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A SMALL JADE CONG

SHANG DYNASTY - WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY

商至西周 玉琮

of tubular form with four projecting corners, each worked with stylised mythical beast faces accentuated with horizontal ridges and circular eyes, the stone a variegated celadon and brown colour

Height 4.9 cm, 1⅞ in.