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

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TWO JADE RINGS FOUR JADE AND STONE ADZES A MOTTLED WHITE, BEIGE AND
NORTHWEST CHINA, 2ND MILLENNIUM NORTHWEST CHINA, 3RD-2ND BROWN JADE THREE-PART WRIST
BC MILLENNIUM BC OR ARM ORNAMENT
The semi-translucent stone of the larger of Each with beveled cutting edge, the group NORTHWEST CHINA, 2ND MILLENNIUM
tangyu (sugar jade) type, is of white and brown comprises three jade adzes, one of mottled BC
color with fine opaque mottling. The smaller bluish-green color with extensive ivory-buff All three flat, arc-shaped sections are cut
is of semi-translucent pale greenish-white alteration and yellowish-ochre accretions, from the same piece of jade and each has a
color, with earth encrustation on one side. with a single perforation drilled from both small conical hole drilled at each end in order
sides at the butt end; one of white stone for the three sections to be attached to each
The larger, 4æ in. (12.1 cm.) diam., cloth box (2)
almost completely altered to mottled brown other. The stone is of tangyu (sugar jade) type
color, with a single perforation drilled from and is of white color altered to brown and
$8,000-12,000
one side at the butt end; and one of mottled opaque buff at the ends.
blackish-green color. The fourth adze is
PROVENANCE: The largest, 4 in. (10 cm.) wide
The Irving Collection, New York, by 1987. fashioned from a finely polished, fine-grained
hardstone of even chocolate-brown color.
$6,000-8,000
The largest, 6¡ in. (16.2 cm.) high, cloth box
中國西北部 公元前二千紀 玉環兩件 (4) PROVENANCE:
The Irving Collection, New York, by 1987.
$6,000-8,000
PROVENANCE: 中國西北部 公元前二千紀
The Irving Collection, New York, by 1987. 褐白玉三件式腕或臂飾

中國西北部 公元前三至二千紀
玉及石錛四件

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