A CELADON JADE THREE-HOLE PLAQUE NEOLITHIC PERIOD, HONGSHAN CULTURE | 新石器時代紅山文化 青白玉三聯璧

Jiang Tao and Liu Yunhui, Jades from the Hei-Chi Collection, Beijing, 2006, pp. 24-25.

姜濤及劉雲輝，《熙墀藏玉》，北京，2006年，頁24-25

This type of jade plaque, initially modelled with only two perforations, is believed to originate from the Xinkailiu culture (c. 5300-4800 BC) and continued to be produced in subsequent Northeast prehistoric sites including those of Hongshan culture. A closely related but slightly smaller Hongshan jade plaque (height 6.4 cm) was excavated from Fuxin, Liaoning (Zhongguo yuqi quanji [Complete collection of Chinese jades], vol. 1: Yuanshi shehui [Primitive society], Hebei, 1991, pl. 7). Similar to the present lot, it was probably suspended by a string, resulting in an indentation on the narrower side.

此類聯璧，初作雙孔，相信始見於新開流文化（公元前約5300-4800年），東北地區爾後續製，如紅山文化便有相類聯璧。參見一遼寧省阜新縣胡頭溝村出土紅山三聯璧，上沿也有繫溝，圖見《中國玉器全集》，卷1：原始社會，石家莊，1991年，圖版7。