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

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A RARE BLACK JADE AXE TWO JADE BI DISCS A GREYISH-GREEN JADE AXE
NORTHWEST CHINA, 2ND MILLENNIUM NORTHWEST CHINA, 2ND MILLENNIUM BC NORTHWEST CHINA, 2ND MILLENNIUM
BC BC
Each disc has a central aperture drilled from one
The blade broadens slightly towards the side. Both are carved from semi-translucent olive- The axe has two large hafting holes
cutting edge opposite the hafting end with green stone altered to brown. The larger disc has a each drilled from one side near the tang.
two circular holes, the larger drilled from both cutting mark and accretions on one side. Together with a large, flat, olive-green jade
sides, which are flanked on the narrow sides The larger, 5¬ in. (14.2 cm.) diam., cloth box (2) axe, Southeast China, 3rd millennium BC,
by a section of five square notches. The stone probably reshaped in antiquity, which has a
has a satiny polish. small hole and the remains of a second small
$5,000-7,000
4 in. (10.2 cm.) high, cloth box hole at the hafting end, and features remnants
of numerous cutting marks.
PROVENANCE:
$6,000-8,000 The Irving Collection, New York, by 1987. 5¡ in. (13.5 cm.) high, cloth box (2)

PROVENANCE: $6,000-8,000
The Irving Collection, New York, by 1987. 中國西北部 公元前二千紀 玉璧兩件
PROVENANCE:
The Irving Collection, New York, by 1987.
中國西北部 公元前二千紀 黑玉斧

中國西北部 公元前二千紀 灰青玉斧