A SMALL YELLOW JADE BANGLE LIANGZHU CULTURE, NEOLITHIC PERIOD

the stone of a rich honey-brown tone mottled with luteous and russet inclusions and finished with a smooth patina

The bangle is in very good condition, with only minute flaws to the stone. The stone has a smooth and waxy patina.
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A strong sensuous quality is achieved through the taller height of this piece, which flaunts its stone to its advantage. Closely related examples from the National Palace Museum are illustrated in Teng Shu-P'ing, Neolithic Jades in the Collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1992, pls 54 and 57; one in the British Museum, London, is published in Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1994, pl. 6:2; and another is illustrated in Zhongguo yuqi quanji, vol. 1, Shijiazhuang, 1993, pl. 254.