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AN EXTREMELY RARE TURQUOISE CONG, LATE NEOLITHIC PERIOD, QIJIA CULTURE
奥地利
2025年10月16日 开拍
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Expert authentication: Dr. Gu Fang has examined the present lot and confirms its authenticity and the dating above, noting the style of cutting, workmanship, thickness and quality of stone with decomposed areas indicating burial all suggest a dating to c. 2100-1600 BC. He assessed it as a piece of notably good quality. A signed copy of Dr. Gu's expertise, dated 1 March 2022, accompanies this lot. Dr. Gu Fang (born 1962) is an internationally renowned scholar of Chinese art and a leading authority on jades. He graduated from the Department of Archaeology at the prestigious Beijing University in 1986 and later studied at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), where he now serves as a Senior Fellow specializing in archaeological excavations and Chinese jade research. A former visiting scholar at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, he has authored several books on Chinese jades, including the 15-volume The Complete Collection of Jades Unearthed in China (2007), one of the most comprehensive studies of its kind, as well as Chinese Jade: The Spiritual and Cultural Significance of Jade in China (2012).Expert's note: No other cong carved from turquoise have been recorded in private or public collections in the west, although a few jade cong have been inlaid with turquoise, see Gu Fang, Jade Cong and Bi of the Qijia Culture, in Qijia: Jades of the Qijia and Related Northwestern Cultures of Early China, c. 2100-1600 BCE, New York, 2008.China, c. 2100-1600 BC. Finely carved and superbly polished, the thick-walled cong with straight edges and a cylindrical interior skillfully hollowed. Each side with squared, projecting corners and divided with a gently recessed vertical band to the center. The opaque stone of a vibrant robin's egg blue shifting into deeper bluish-green tones, interspersed with natural russet veining.Provenance: From a private collection in New York, United States.Condition: Very good condition with wear and natural imperfections. Signs of prolonged burial and traces of weathering. The surface dotted with scattered encrustations. Weight: 303.9 gDimensions: Height 9.2 cmTurquoise was probably first exploited in China as early as 7000 BC, its luminous blue-green hue treasured from the Peiligang Culture onward. Initially worked into small pendants and beads, the stone's use broadened in the later Neolithic to include shapes more often rendered in jade. These pieces—whether ceremonial tools, ornaments, or plaques—were worked entirely from turquoise rather than inlaid, their forms echoing prestigious jade types while showcasing the distinctive color and texture of the mineral.By the dawn of the Bronze Age, Erlitou-period workshops, situated close to the palatial core, refined turquoise working to an extraordinary degree. Large objects, sometimes composed of many finely cut elements, stood alongside pure turquoise carvings, underscoring the material's role in elite display and ritual performance. In these works, turquoise was not merely an alternative to jade, but a medium in its own right—valued for its rarity, saturated color, and the exceptional skill required to transform small nodules into imposing ceremonial forms.13% VAT will be added to the hammer price additional to the buyer's premium - only for buyers within the EU.

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