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

























































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          TWO JADE RINGS                                 FOUR HARDSTONE AXES
          NORTHWEST CHINA, 2ND MILLENNIUM BC             NEOLITHIC PERIOD, SOUTHEAST CHINA, 4TH-3RD
          The first is of semi-translucent greenish-white tone with some brown   MILLENNIUM BC
          alteration at the outer edges. The second ring was originally of pale   Each axe flares slightly towards the cutting edge and has a single
          greenish-white color now altered to mottled brown.  hafting hole. Three of the axes are carved from stone of mottled pale
          4Ω in. (11.5 cm.) diam., cloth box         (2)  grey tone, and the fourth from stone of even ivory-white color.
                                                         The largest, 6Ω in. (16.5 cm.) high, cloth box   (4)
          $8,000-12,000
                                                         $4,000-6,000
          PROVENANCE:
          The Irving Collection, New York, by 1987.      PROVENANCE:
                                                         The Irving Collection, New York, by 1987.

          中國西北部　公元前二千紀　玉璧兩件
                                                         新石器時代　中國東南部　公元前四至三千紀　石斧四件
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