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6. A N eolithic Jade Ceremonial Broad Axe ( Fu )
circa 3500–2500 B.C.
of wide quadrangular form, the slightly convex sides drilled with a pair of large holes, and tapering
sharply to the cutting edge, the yellowish green stone with darker mottling and micaceous
inclusions.
Length 5 ⁄8 inches (14.9 cm)
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Ex Collection Professor Max Loehr (1903–1988)
Ex J.J. Lally & Co., 1993 catalogue no. 7

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7. A N eolithic Jade Ceremonial Axe ( Fu )
circa 3000–2500 B.C.

with thick convex sides and rounded edges, drilled from both sides with a large aperture near the
rough butt end, the gray stone with buff mottling, the surface softly polished.

Length 5 inches (12.7 cm)
A similar jade ceremonial axe of slightly larger size in the British Museum is illustrated by Rawson and Ayers, Chinese Jade
Throughout the Ages, London 1975, p. 22, fig. 1.
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8. T wo N eolithic A gate P endants ( Huang )
Songze/Hemudu Culture, circa 4000–2500 B.C.

each smoothly polished shallow arc with rounded sides and pierced with two holes for suspension,
one opaque milk white, the other translucent grayish white.
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Length 3 ⁄8 inches (9.8 cm); 5 ⁄8 inches (13.7 cm)
Ex J.J. Lally & Co., 1993 catalogue nos. 15 and 16
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