China, Neolithic, probably Liangzhu culture, ca.... Lot 1

China, Neolithic, probably Liangzhu culture, ca. 3000 B.C.H. 24.3 cmMade of reddish brown jade with light and dark brown discolorations and calcifications, with five registers and stylized faces.From the Zeileis Collection, collected in the 1980s and 1990sPublished in: Friedrich Georg Zeileis, 'Selected Chinese Jade from Seven Millennia', Gallspach, 1994, No. 30, pp. 36-37 - Old best. and cracks from the structure of the stone.