Monochrome II
Monochrome II
A JADE CONG SHANG DYNASTY | 商 玉琮
Auction Closed
October 9, 06:06 AM GMT
Estimate
150,000 - 200,000 HKD
Lot Details
Description
A JADE CONG
SHANG DYNASTY
商 玉琮
the thin-walled cong of flattened cylindrical square section, each of the four corners carved with three registers of two raised bars, the brown stone suffused with black inclusions
d. 7.6 cm, 3 in.
Acquired in Hong Kong, 7th January 1993.
1993年1月7日得於香港
In terms of form and decoration, this present jade is closely related to the cong from the Taosi culture; see one example excavated from Xiangfen, Shanxi, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Jades Unearthed in China, vol. 3: Shanxi, Beijing, 2005, pl. 25. Similar ridges can be found on circular jade tubes excavated from the tomb of Fu Hao, consort of the Shang king Wu Ding (1324-1265 BC); see Queen Mother and General: 40th Anniversary of Excavating the Shang Tomb of Fu Hao: Jade Article, Beijing, 2016, pp. 106-108. For a cong from the late Liangzhu culture, see lot 52.