J.J. Lally & Co., Oriental Art / New York City, New York
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Ancient Chinese Jade
March 15-29, 2018
32.
A NEOLITHIC STONE CEREMONIAL AXE (FU)
Liangzhu Culture, circa 3300-2250 B.C.
with slightly rounded lateral edges and beveled cutting edge, with a wide hole close to the rough upper edge, the stone of cloudy mottled blue-gray tone, the surface polished to a high gloss.
Length 4 5⁄8 inches (11.7 cm)
Ex J.J. Lally & Co., 1994 catalogue no. 11
A similar axe excavated from the Liangzhu site at Fuquanshan is illustrated in Wenwu 1986, No. 10, p. 8, fig. 20 and in a line drawing on p. 10, fig. 31:5. Compare also the similar axe illustrated by Salmony, Archaic Chinese Jades from the Edward and Louise B. Sonnenschein Collection, Chicago, 1952, pl. LIII-4.
新石器時代 良渚石斧 長11.7厘米
來源 藍理捷1994特展圖錄第11號
32.
A NEOLITHIC STONE CEREMONIAL AXE (FU)
Liangzhu Culture, circa 3300-2250 B.C.
Length 4 5⁄8 inches (11.7 cm)