Asian Art Forums - Reply Message

Asian Art Forums

Group: Message Board

Re: Re: Jade cong - Age? Quality?

Posted By: Tim
Posted Date: Dec 06, 2015 (01:54 AM)

Message
Thanks, Stan.

I am not a member of Invaluable, so while I was able to view the photos and description, I do not know what the estimate is or what auction house.

I did notice the photo that shows the inner core of each cong. From my short investigation into Liangzhu congs measuring this size (9.5"), there should be a center ridge from where the hole was bored out from both ends of the cong as a result of the typical misalignment of the primitive drilling methods used at that time.

No such ridge can be seen in the photos. Even if additional tooling took place to remove the ridge, the hole would not be so perfectly cylindrical and aligned.

So, either the carver was very lucky and perfectly aligned the hole cutting tool on both congs, or this pair is a later copy.

Just my opinion.

Note that we are now reviewing postings before posting due to the large volume of SPAM and inappropriate postings on the forum. The validation process may take up to 12 hours.

Post a Reply
Name:
Email:
Group:	Message Board
Subject:
Message:
Link URL:	Enter here the complete URL of any site, page or image you would like to show other visitors.
URL Title:	Enter here the title of the link you've given above. This will appear to the visitor. Eg., if you are linking another picture, enter "Another picture". The link will not appear without a title.
Image URL:	Enter here the URL of an image if it is already uploaded on the web. The image will appear with your posting. Do not post pictures which are not yours without permission from the copyright holder. It is the responsibility of each poster to make sure they have permission to use any photos they post.
Image:	You may upload up to three images. If you would like to upload more images to this message please do so by replying to this same message. Please make sure the file type is JPEG or GIF and the filename does not contain spaces. Use the Browse button to find an image (jpg or gif) on a local drive on your computer to upload for including with your message. Do not upload images with file names containing spaces. Please do not upload files larger than 500 KB in size. Do not post pictures which are not yours without permission from the copyright holder. It is the responsibility of each poster to make sure they have permission to use any photos they post. Check the "email notification" box below if you would like to be notified of any responses to your message. Check here for email notification.
Security Code:	Please type in the code you see in the image directly above this input box.

Responses: