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123      A DARK GREEN JADE AXE
                            HEAD
                    㕘 䌱     NEOLITHIC PERIOD
                    䞛 㕏     of trapezoid form with curved edges and a smooth rounded   Ը๕
                    ☐       surface, one end pierced with an aperture, the stone a deep
                    㗪       hunter green variegated with white and lighter streaks  ッ渿䴚ɀ漸侸炻䲸䲬炻IJĺĹĶ⸜IJij㚰ĸ㖍
                    ẋġġġ                                                ἃ伭ΐ㕗ġĩIJĺijıĮijıIJĹĪġ⍲崓ỗ䈡ġĩIJĺIJĸĮijıIJķĪɀ
                                                                        㫸暚ằ⃟㓞啷炻䶐嘇Ķĵij
                            Length 6½ in., 16.7 cm

                            PROVENANCE
                            Alice Boney, New York, 7th December 1985.
                            Collection of Florence (1920-2018) and Herbert (1917-2016)
                            Irving, acquired 7th December 1985, no. 542.
                            Compare a black axe blade, illustrated in Robert J. Poor, Ancient
                            Chinese Bronzes, Ceramics and Jade in the Collection of the
                            Honolulu Academy of Arts, pl. 1b. See also one sold in our Hong
                            Kong rooms, 21st May 1982, lot 977, and another grayish-green
                            example with a straighter top edge sold in these rooms, 12th
                            June 1984, lot 1.
                            $ 12,000-15,000





















































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