J.J. Lally & Co., Oriental Art / New York City, New York
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Ancient Chinese Jade
March 15-29, 2018
20.
A NEOLITHIC JADE CEREMONIAL AXE (CHAN)
circa 2000 B.C.
with slightly convex sides, the cutting edge finely honed and cut in a shallow arc, the butt end left rough and drilled with a hole and the long sides squared, the grayish green stone with darker markings, the surface polished to a high gloss.
Length 5 inches (12.7 cm)
Ex Collection Professor Max Loehr (1903-1988)
Ex J.J. Lally & Co., 1993 catalogue no. 28
Compare the jade axe unearthed from Gancaodian, Yuzhong, Gansu province, illustrated by Gu (ed.), Zhongguo chutu yuqi quanji (Complete Collection of Jades Unearthed in China), Vol. 15, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Xingjiang, Beijing, 2005, p. 43, described as Qijia culture.
新石器時代 玉鏟 長12.7厘米
來源 羅樾教授(1903-1988)舊藏
藍理捷1993特展圖錄第28號