LATE 20TH CA CHINESE CARVED SERPENTINE STONE FIGURAL WEIGHT OR RITUAL ANIMAL VESSEL, RENDERED IN THE NEOLITHIC HONGSHAN STYLE. THE CARVING DEPICTS A COILING, RECUMBENT RAM WITH EXAGGERATED SPIRAL HORNS AND A SEGMENTED, RIDGED BODY THAT IS OPEN AND HOLLOWED ALONG THE BASAL UNDERGROUND BELLY CAVITY. FASHIONED FROM A DARK BLACKISH-GREEN SERPENTINE
MEASURES APPROX. 5.25 IN HIGH 6 IN LONG 2.625 WIDE
ARCHAIZED CARVED SERPENTINE RAM VESSEL
LATE 20TH CA CHINESE CARVED SERPENTINE STONE FIGURAL WEIGHT OR RITUAL ANIMAL VESSEL, RENDERED IN THE NEOLITHIC HONGSHAN STYLE. THE CARVING DEPICTS A COILING, RECUMBENT RAM WITH EXAGGERATED SPIRAL HORNS AND A SEGMENTED, RIDGED BODY THAT IS OPEN AND HOLLOWED ALONG THE BASAL UNDERGROUND BELLY CAVITY. FASHIONED FROM A DARK BLACKISH-GREEN SERPENTINE MEASURES APPROX. 5.25…