YANGSHAO CULTURE, CIRCA 5000-3000 BC

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A MOTTLED BLACK AND WHITE JADE HAIR PIN
YANGSHAO CULTURE, CIRCA 5000-3000 BC
The long pin tapers to a point at one end and with a flat ovoid head at the other. The stone is of a mottled dark grey and creamy white tone with soft polish.
6 7/8 in. (17.4 cm.) long, box

Provenance

Lantien Shanfang Collection, acquired in Macau in 1989

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Lot Essay

Compare with a similar but longer (25.7 cm. long) greyish-black jade hair pin from the Yangshao Culture discovered at Youfeng, Wugong County, Shaanxi province, which is now in the Museum of School of Archaeology and Meseology, Northwest University, and is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Unearthed Jades in China, Beijing, 2005, p. 4 (fig. 1).

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