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THE IRVING COLLECTION 歐雲伉儷珍藏 (LOTS 1701-1763)

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THREE HARDSTONE AXES A MOTTLED GREEN AND PALE BEIGE A RARE PALE YELLOWISH-GREEN
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 4TH-3RD OPAQUE JADE BI DISC AND TAUPE JADE ORNAMENT
MILLENNIUM BC NEOLITHIC PERIOD, LIANGZHU NEOLITHIC PERIOD, LIANGZHU
Each axe has a large hafting hole. The longest, CULTURE, 3RD MILLENNIUM BC CULTURE, 3RD MILLENNIUM BC
Liangzhu culture, is of white tone with pale The jade disc has a small central aperture The thick, angular, C-shaped ornament has
beige alteration. The other two axes are from drilled from both sides with cutting marks on two oblong projections rising from a flat oval
Southeast China. The stone of one is greyish- the surface. The stone is of a mottled dark base drilled with two holes. The stone is of
black with satiny finish, and the other is silvery green color suffused with a dense network yellowish-green color with extensive taupe
grey with extensive beige alteration. of buff-colored alteration. Together with a and russet alteration.
The largest, 7¬ in. (19.5 cm.) high, cloth box (3) hardstone bi disc, Northwest or Southwest 2º in. (5.2 cm.) wide, cloth box
China, 2nd millennium BC, has a central
aperture drilled from one side. The stone is of
$5,000-7,000 $4,000-6,000
mottled brown and greenish-grey tone, with
matte surface.
PROVENANCE: PROVENANCE:
The Irving Collection, New York, by 1987. 6æ in. (17.3 cm.) diam., cloth box (2) The Irving Collection, New York, by 1987.

$8,000-12,000
新石器時代 公元前四至三千紀 石斧三件 新石器時代 良渚文化 公元前三千紀
PROVENANCE: 灰褐玉飾
The Irving Collection, New York, by 1987.

新石器時代 良渚文化 公元前三千紀
灰綠玉璧