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10. A N eolithic Jade Ceremonial Axe ( Chan )
circa 3000–2000 B.C.
of thick oblong shape with convex sides, the blunt butt end with a small hole above a larger
aperture drilled from both sides, the long sides with rounded edges, the cutting edge beveled, the
dark green stone with black mottling, the surface smoothly polished.
Length 9½ inches (24.1 cm)
Ex Collection Professor Max Loehr (1903–1988)
Ex J.J. Lally & Co., 1993 catalogue no. 5
Compare the Neolithic axe of similar form also carved from black mottled dark green jade, illustrated by Loehr, Ancient Chinese
Jades from the Grenville L. Winthrop Collection in the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, 1975, p. 33, no. 2.
อͩኜࣛ˾c͗ᗟcڗ 24.1᩶Ϸ
Ը๕cᖯ⭮બ1903-1988ᔚᔛiᔝଣઠ 1993त࢝ྡୋ 5
11. A N eolithic Jade Slit Ring ( Jue )
circa 3500–2500 B.C.
with flat sides, thicker at the slit and tapering thinner at the closed side, with squared edges, the
cloudy white stone polished to a high gloss.
Diameter 1 ⁄8 inches (4.3 cm)
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Ex Collection Professor Max Loehr, acquired in Beijing, 1944
Ex J.J. Lally & Co., 1993 catalogue no. 4
Compare the slit rings of similar form excavated at Majiabang culture (circa 5000–3000 B.C.) sites, illustrated in Zhongguo
yuqi quanji (Compendium of Chinese Jades), Vol. 1, Shijiazhuang, 1992, p.p. 70-72.
Compare also the Neolithic white jade slit ring of similar form in the British Museum, illustrated by Rawson, Chinese Jade
from the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, p. 121, no. 2:3.
อͩኜࣛ˾c͗ᨈcࢰ 4.3᩶Ϸc
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12. A N eolithic Jade Ceremonial Axe ( Chan )
circa 3000–2000 B.C.
of oblong shape with convex sides and rounded edges, drilled with two biconical holes lined up
near the rough butt end, the dark green stone with cloudy inclusions.
Length 8 ⁄8 inches (20.5 cm)
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Ex Collection Professor Max Loehr (1903–1988)
Ex J.J. Lally & Co., 1993 catalogue no. 6
Compare the larger oblong Neolithic jade axe in the British Museum carved from very similar stone, illustrated by Rawson,
Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, p. 170, no. 10:2.
อͩኜࣛ˾c͗ᗟcڗ 20.5᩶Ϸc
Ը๕cᖯ⭮બ1903-1988ᔚᔛiᔝଣઠ 1993त࢝ྡୋ 6
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