CHINESE ARCHAISTIC CARVED HARDSTONE CONG TUBE

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CHINESE SCHOOL (20TH CENTURY) MONUMENTAL CARVED DARK GREEN HARDSTONE / JADE-TYPE ARCHAIC RITUAL PRISMATIC TUBE (CONG), WORKED IN THE NEOLITHIC LIANGZHU CULTURE STYLE OF TALL SLENDER PROPORTIONS WITH A CYLINDRICAL CENTRAL BORE, THE EXTERIOR SQUARE WALLS WORKED ACROSS 13 REGISTERS IN SHALLOW LOW-RELIEF AND LINEAR INCISION CORNERS CARVED WITH STYLIZED LIANGZHU-STYLE MASKS FORMED BY SHALLOW HORIZONTAL RAISED BANDS AND INCISED CONCENTRIC-CIRCLE EYES FLANKING CENTRAL VERTICAL GROOVES APPROX. 26 1/2 IN HIGH, 4.625 X 4.625 IN SQUARE BASE

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