A DARK GREENISH-GREY JADE UNFINISHED CONG
NORTHWEST CHINA, 1ST MILLENNIUM BC
Of irregular square section, the unfinished cong is drilled on either side with a thick, deep circular channel. The stone has some patches of pale beige alteration. Together with an opaque mottled pale beigish-green and grey jade cong, Warring States period (475-221 BC), of square section with central circular aperture and a pair of small notches cut into each outer edge; and a pale greyish-green jade tapering rectangular, reshaped fragment, 2nd millennium BC, with large circular aperture drilled from one side.
The larger, 2 ½ in. (5.8 cm.) wide, cloth box
A DARK GREENISH-GREY JADE UNFINISHED CONG
NORTHWEST CHINA, 1ST MILLENNIUM BC
Of irregular square section, the unfinished cong is drilled on either side with a thick, deep circular channel. The stone has some patches of pale beige alteration. Together with an opaque mottled pale beigish-green and grey jade cong, Warring States period (475-221 BC), of square section with central circular aperture and a pair of small notches cut into each outer edge; and a pale greyish-green jade tapering rectangular, reshaped fragment, 2nd millennium BC, with large circular aperture drilled from one side.
The larger, 2 ½ in. (5.8 cm.) wide, cloth box
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