Carved jade cong, Liangzhu culture

Beautiful greenish jade, with reddish, ochre and amber flecks. Carved in the traditional ‘cong’ shape, with a rectangular exterior with horizontal bands in relief and a hollow cylindrical interior. The perimeter is finely decorated with incised borders. It shows age-related wear. Neolithic period (ca. 6000 - 2000 BC) or later. 

Size: 21.8 x 8.7 x 8.6 cm

Weight: 2427 g

Provenance: Collection of Tommy Lam, Hong Kong, from 1980.