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Chinese Jades from the Ralph Wanger Collection

An archaic pale green jade cong, Neolithic period, Qijia culture

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Estimate

40,000 - 60,000 USD

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Description

Height 7⅛ in., 18 cm

Collection of Dr. Ip Yee (19221–1984).

Sotheby's Hong Kong, 19th November 1984, lot 40.

Robert H. Ellsworth, New York.

Anthony Carter Ltd., London.

Compare a few Qijia culture jade cong unearthed in Gansu province with similar styles: one slightly shorter example (12.8 cm), illustrated in Gu Fang, The Complete Collection of Jades Unearthed in China, Beijing, 2005, vol. 15 Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Xinjiang, pl. 38; another of similar proportions but of a darker green jade, illustrated ibid., pl. 37.

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