良渚文化 三層神面紋玉琮
Liangzhu Culture, Circa 3100-2000 Bc
成交價
港元 4,788,000
估價
港元 500,000 – 港元 800,000
良渚文化 三層神面紋玉琮
2 1⁄8 in. (5.5 cm.) high
來源
雲中居，台北，1994年11月2日
出版
鄧淑蘋，《羣玉別藏續集》，台北，1999年，頁100，圖版26號
展覽
國立故宮博物院，《羣玉別藏續集》，台北，1999年
良渚文化的玉器數量眾多、種類繁多，並且工藝精湛，是中國文明史上最負盛名的玉器之一。在良渚文化的諸多玉器類型中，玉琮可說是最為獨特的一類，其外部為方形，內部為圓形空腔。每一個角都作為垂直軸，刻有對稱的面具紋飾。早期的琮主要矮胖,雕刻有精美的神祇或動物，而後期的琮多為細長，面部特徵簡化,以眼睛和鼻子為主。
本件琮全器沁為乳白色，局部褐斑。器作外方內圓，略呈上大下小的筒形。由上端俯視，射口作圓圈形，四壁均呈圓弧形，並從上到下雕琢三節帶冠神人面紋。全器共有十二個面紋，均以兩條滿刻平行陰線的長橫稜代表羽冠，以刻有捲雲紋的短橫稜代表鼻頭。雙圈作雙眼，以斷續短陰線連成，左右橫出二短線，以示眼角。
比較一件近似的良渚三層玉琮，其第二層面紋為獸面紋，為雲中居舊藏，2019年11月27日於香港佳士得《雲中玉筵 ─ 重要亞洲私人古玉珍藏 : 新石器時代篇》拍賣，拍品2719號
Price realised
HKD 4,788,000
Estimate
HKD 500,000 – HKD 800,000
A VERY RARE THREE-TIERED JADE CONG
LIANGZHU CULTURE, CIRCA 3100-2000 BC
2 1⁄8 in. (5.5 cm.) high
PROVENANCE
Chang Wei-Hwa, Taipei, 2 November 1994
LITERATURE
Teng Shu-p'ing, 1999 Collectors' Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, Taipei, 1999, p. 100, no. 26
EXHIBITED
The National Palace Museum, 1999 Collectors' Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, Taipei, 1999
The jades of Liangzhu culture abound in number, diversity, and excel in craftsmanship as some of the most illustrious jade artefacts in the history of Chinese civilization. Among the many types of jades of the Liangzhu culture, the jade cong are the most distinctive. Liangzhu jade cong have a square outer section and a circular inner hollow. Each corner serves as a vertical axis over which a symmetrical mask motif is carved. The cong are the only type of Liangzhu jades with decoration. The early cong were mainly squat, featuring exquisitely carved deity or animal details while the later ones were mostly thin and tall with simplified facial features dominated by the eyes and nose.
The present cong is incised with three horizontal tiers of a total of twelve ‘crowned divine figure’ motifs. The two incised parallel lines on top of each motif symbolise the crown, while short horizontal ridges incised with swirling cloud patterns represent the nose. The small eyes are formed by double circles connected with short, intermittent incised lines, with two short lines extending outward on both sides to indicate the eye corners.
Compare a three-tiered Liangzhu jade cong, sold at Christie's Hong Kong, The Chang Wei-Hwa Collection of Archaic Jades, Part I - Neolithic Period, 27 November 2019, lot 2719
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