J.J. Lally & Co., Oriental Art / New York City, New York
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Ancient Chinese Jade
March 15-29, 2018
36.
TWO NEOLITHIC STONE CEREMONIAL AXES (BEN)
Liangzhu Culture, circa 3300-2250 B.C.
each of narrow block shape with a stepped-down short tang at one end and wedge shape cutting edge at the opposite end, the gray stone very smoothly polished all over.
Lengths 4 7⁄8 inches (12.5 cm); 6 3⁄4 inches (17 cm)
Ex J.J. Lally & Co., 1994 catalogue no. 12
Compare the similarly formed and polished stone axes excavated at Fuquanshan, Jiangsu province, illustrated by Huang, Gems of Liangzhu Culture, Hong Kong, 1992, p. 70, no. 12, and another very similar example discovered at Wuxian, Jiangsu, illustrated by Watson in the catalogue of the travelling exhibition, The Genius of China, London, 1973, p. 55, no. 44.
新石器時代 良渚石錛二件 長12.5、17厘米
來源 藍理捷1994特展圖錄第12號
