Longshan (2800 BC – 1700 BC)

Longshan Culture has derived its name from the remains of Longshan Township of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shandong">Shantung Province</a>. Geologically, Longshan Culture covers mainly lower part of the Yellow River, including the areas of Honan, Shensi and Shantung Provinces. Longshan Culture jade artifacts contain many varieties from jade kwei, jade arched pendant, jade tube, bi-disk and notched bi-disk all of which are carved elegantly and dexterously. Judging the motifs and the style of line carving, the Longshan Culture jades are believed to be the origin of Shang Dynasty jades.

Longshan Culture, Notched Jade Bi, D.15cm

<strong><em>Identification:</em> </strong>

The design of the object is similar to ( double the size of ) the (<a href="http://www.exoticjades.com/wp-content/uploads/wzfish.jpg">Western Zhou Jade Fish, L.11cm, W.1.9cm, T.0.2cm, unearthed in 1983, Graveyard #50,Zhang Jia Po, Chang An County, Shanxi Province. A collection of Chinese Academy of Social Science.</a>)Notched Bi, D. 8cm, Longshan Culture, Unearthed from Li Village, Teng County, Shangdon Province,China 1978, a collection of Museum of Teng County, Shangdon Province.</a>Antiquity evidences include <a href="http://www.exoticjades.com/wp-content/uploads/LSBiAdditive-Crystal.jpg">additive crystal </a>and <a href="http://www.exoticjades.com/wp-content/uploads/LSbiDifferential-Weathering.jpg">differential weathering</a>.

Longshan Culture, Jade Kwei, H.47cm

<strong><em>Identification</em></strong>:

The carving style is similar to the<a href="http://www.exoticjades.com/wp-content/uploads/河南镇平县安国城遗址出土。河南博物院藏品1.jpg"> jade artifacts unearthed in Henan Zhenping Yasukuni city, Henan Museum Collections.</a> Antiquity evidences include <a href="http://www.exoticjades.com/wp-content/uploads/LongKweiDifferential-weathering.jpg">differential weathering</a>, <a href="http://www.exoticjades.com/wp-content/uploads/LongKweiDissolved-Pits.jpg">additive crystal</a> and <a href="http://www.exoticjades.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/06/DSCN3229.JPG">dissolved pits</a>