A RARE GREYISH-GREEN AND OPAQUE BUFF JADE 'TOOTHED' PENDANT FRAGMENT
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, HONGSHAN CULTURE, CIRCA 3500-3000 BC
A RARE GREYISH-GREEN AND OPAQUE BUFF JADE 'TOOTHED' PENDANT FRAGMENT NEOLITHIC PERIOD, HONGSHAN CULTURE, CIRCA 3500-3000 BC The thin plaque well carved on both sides with a series of curvilinear grooves and corresponding ridges swooping down to form a lower row of tapering, ridged 'teeth' or 'tusks' and a wide, incurved cusp at one end, two of the grooves curving tightly upward to surround two eye holes in a simplified mask positioned above two 'teeth', with two small biconical holes, the stone with soft lustrous polish, and now almost completely altered to an opaque buff color, with traces of cinnabar and some earth encrustation 3½ in. (8.9 cm.) long
A RARE GREYISH-GREEN AND OPAQUE BUFF JADE 'TOOTHED' PENDANT FRAGMENT
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, HONGSHAN CULTURE, CIRCA 3500-3000 BC
A RARE GREYISH-GREEN AND OPAQUE BUFF JADE 'TOOTHED' PENDANT FRAGMENT NEOLITHIC PERIOD, HONGSHAN CULTURE, CIRCA 3500-3000 BC The thin plaque well carved on both sides with a series of curvilinear grooves and corresponding ridges swooping down to form a lower row of tapering, ridged 'teeth' or 'tusks' and a wide, incurved cusp at one end, two of the grooves curving tightly upward to surround two eye holes in a simplified mask positioned above two 'teeth', with two small biconical holes, the stone with soft lustrous polish, and now almost completely altered to an opaque buff color, with traces of cinnabar and some earth encrustation 3½ in. (8.9 cm.) long
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