J.J. Lally & Co., Oriental Art / New York City, New York
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Ancient Chinese Jade
March 15-29, 2018
64.
AN ARCHAIC JADE CEREMONIAL DAGGER-AXE (GE)
Shang Dynasty, circa 13th-12th Century B.C.
with beveled cutting edges from the top of the squared tang down to the slightly skewed point and a pronounced medial ridge on both sides, a small hole below the tang.
Length 9 3⁄8 inches (23.6 cm)
Ex Collection Professor Max Loehr (1903-1988)
Ex J.J. Lally & Co., 1993 catalogue no. 38
A similar jade ge from the tomb of Fu Hao (circa 1200 B.C.) is illustrated in Yuhui Jinsha: Xia Shang shiqi yu wenhua tezhan (A Convergence of Jade at Jinsha: Special Exhibition of the Jade Culture of the Xia and Shang Periods), Chengdu, 2017, p. 88.
商 玉戈 長23.6厘米
來源 羅樾教授(1903-1988)舊藏
藍理捷1993特展圖錄第38號
64.
AN ARCHAIC JADE CEREMONIAL DAGGER-AXE (GE)
Shang Dynasty, circa 13th-12th Century B.C.
Length 9 3⁄8 inches (23.6 cm)