A WHITE JADE MASK
SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD (770-476 BC)
L 6.5 cm (2 1/2 in) T 0.5 cm (1/4 in)
RESERVE: HK$ 420,000 / RMB 373,800
REFERENCE: 1. A similar jade mask of Shijiahe Culture, is illustrated in COMPENDIUM OF COLLECTIONS IN THE PALACE‧JADE 1‧NEOLITHIC AGE, by Palace Museum, The Forbidden City Publishing House and Anhui Fine Arts Publishing House, Beijing and Hefei, 2011, p.166, no.157 2. A similar jade mask from Late Neolithic Period - Xia Dynasty preserved in Yang De Tang, is illustrated in COLLECTORS’ EXHIBITION OF ARCHAIC CHINESE JADES, by Shuping DENG, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1995, p.86-87, no.18