A WHITE JADE TUBE, LEZI
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, HONGSHAN CULTURE (CIRCA 4000-3000 BC)

L 9.6 cm (3 3/4 in)

Provenance: An old collection of a Taiwanese collector

Reference: A similar jade tube from the Hongshan culture, kept in the Aohanqi Museum in Inner Mongolia, China, is illustrated in CHINESE JADES IN TRADITIONAL COLLECTIONS 1 NEOLITHIC PERIOD．SHANG．WESTERN ZHOU．SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD．WARRING STATEDS PERIOD, by Gu Fang, Science Press, Beijing, 2010, p. 27

ESTIMATE: HK$ 50,000 / RMB 44,000