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Height: 6.3
cm, width: 2.7 cm, thickness: 2.3
cm
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This figurine is carved from greenish jade that has
turned greyish-white and is speckled brown. The figure wears
a conical crown divided into three levels, and the facial
features are distinguished by slanting eyes and a protruding
nose and mouth. Though apparently nude, there is no
indication of gender. The figure kneels with hands clasped
in front. The back of the neck has a hole drilled through
it. A similar kneeling figure in stone, three times taller
than this one, was unearthed at a Hung-shan culture site in
Inner Mongolia, but the hands and feet are even more
detailed. A seated jade figure with comparable facial
features from the Hung-shan Culture is also in the
Chan-chi-hsuan Collection in Taipei, suggesting that this
posture perhaps had some
significance.