明或以前 玉琮兩件

one of pale beige-grey tone, laterally carved to the four corners with banded decoration and archaistic motifs; the other of beige-brown tone, decorated to the exterior in low relief with the bagua (Eight Trigrams)

The smaller cong has nibbles around the interior of the aperture and has been polished and slightly reduced in height; the larger cong is in good condition but has minor natural flaws to the stone.
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