Lot 127 新石器時代及其後 玉管一組 | A LARGE GROUP OF TUBULAR JADE BEADS

新石器時代及其後 玉管一組 | A LARGE GROUP OF TUBULAR JADE BEADS

Neolithic Period and later

GBP 5,000

GBP 5000 - 8000

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Neolithic Period and later
Comprising a large assortment of tubular jade and hardstone beads of various sizes and forms, including cylindrical, faceted and slightly curved examples, the stones of varied tones ranging from pale white and creamy buff to deep brown and russet. The largest, 6.5cm (2 1/2in) long. (91).
Footnotes
新石器時代及其後 玉管一組
See a string of twelve jade tubular beads, Xinglongwa to early Hongshan Culture, 6200 to 4000 BC, in the collection of the Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in Select Jade in the Palace Museum: The Spirit of Jade, I (故宮玉器精選全集：玉之靈 I), Taipei, 2019, p.272. See a jade tube, possibly dating to the late Neolithic period and dyed dark red during the Ming/Qing dynasty, in the Qing Court Collection, the Palace Museum, Taipei (acc.no.故玉001834N000000000). See also a jade tube, Liangzhu Culture, in the Qing Court Collection, the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Jade 1 (故宮博物院藏品大系：玉器編 1), Hefei, 2011, p.93, pl.51.
See a group of seven jade beads, a conical pendant and a cong, Neolithic period, Liangzhu Culture, which was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 5 December 2023, lot 714. See also three strands of mottled ivory-coloured opaque jade beads, Neolithic, Liangzhu Culture, which were sold at Christie's New York, 27 March 2015, lot 8260.