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i have come in possesion of an hongshan sungod figure from a private collection and wondered if it is real or fake. it measures 21 x 7,5 cm

sorry, all I see in the last picture is that no time was 'wasted" making that drill hole.
Ernest

Not even a decent Hongshan fake or made with good material. Also, Chicken bone white pieces were found more on Liangzhu congs that were being burnt in religious rituals, seldom seen on Hongshan pieces. Never saw an authentic Hongshan jade piece likes this one. Therefore, the chance of this being a Hongshan piece, IMHO, is Nil. Sorry. Super

A very badly depicted fake. Please do not buy this!
Mark@imperial5

Real. But not necessarily Hongshan. The other possibilties are Liangzhu or Han Dynasty.

The overwhelming majority of "sungods" in circulation, on Ebay for example, appear to be Han Dynasty artifacts (despite being listed as Hongshan).

But this piece intrigues me and I'm inclined to say it's not Han Dynasty but rather Hongshan or Liangzhu. The only true thing I read in all the replies you received previously is that "chicken bone white" is generally a trait of Liangzhu artifacts.

This is just a best guess, but you could say the artifact is likely either Liangzhu or late Hongshan (i.e. 3300-2900 BC, when Hongshan and Liangzhu overlapped).

One thing it's almost certainly not is a modern reproduction.

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