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A small jade cong, Possibly Neolithic period/Shang dynasty或新石器時代/商 玉琮
carved from a rich yellow and russet coloured stone, the smooth surfaces undecoratedHeight 2.5 cm, 1 in.Condition reportSome very light surface wear otherwise in overall good condition.
整體品相良好，僅表面有少許極輕微磨痕。
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我們很高興為您提供上述拍品狀況報告。由於敝公司非專業修復人員，在此敦促您向其他專業修復人員索取諮詢，以獲得更詳盡、專業之報告。 準買家應該檢查每款拍品以確認其狀況，蘇富比所作的任何陳述均為專業主觀看法而非事實陳述。準買家應參考有關該拍賣的重要通知（見圖錄）。 雖然本狀況報告或有針對某拍品之討論，但所有拍賣品均根據印於圖錄內之業務規則以拍賣時狀況出售。 ProvenanceSpink & Son Ltd., London, 18th March 1983.
Spink & Son Ltd.，倫敦，1983年3月18日LiteratureJessica Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, pl. 7:3.
羅森，《Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing》， 倫敦，1995年，編號7:3Catalogue noteCreated in compact size and austere form, this finely polished jade cong attracts attention through the warm yellow tone of its stone. Originating from the Liangzhu culture (c. 3300-2300 BC) in the Yangtze River Delta, the production of jade cong spread also to other Neolithic cultures and continued into the Bronze Age. While Liangzhu jade cong are often ornamented with masks of various levels of complexity, those found in other civilisations or made later tend to be undecorated, or to display only minimalistic design. Jessica Rawson, in Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, p.154, states that small and undecorated cong, such as the present piece, appear to have been preferred in the Shang dynasty (c. 1600-1046 BC) and that small cong with narrow collars like seen here have been found at the sites in Baode, Shanxi province and Sufutun, Shandong province.
 
Cong, typically with a square outer section around a circular one inside, remain among the most enigmatic objects from ancient China. Excavated in various forms and sizes from archaeological sites, they might have served important ritual or ceremonial purposes among the most prestigious ranks of these early societies, who possessed enough wealth and power to command their production. For centuries, jade cong have fascinated collectors, connoisseurs, scholars and artisans. The Qianlong emperor (r. 1736-95), for example, is known to have collected jade cong and had them inscribed with his own poems.