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20. A N eolithic Jade Ceremonial Axe ( Chan )
circa 2000 B.C.
with slightly convex sides, the cutting edge finely honed and cut in a shallow arc, the butt end
left rough and drilled with a hole and the long sides squared, the grayish green stone with darker
markings, the surface polished to a high gloss.
Length 5 inches (12.7 cm)
Ex Collection Professor Max Loehr (1903–1988)
Ex J.J. Lally & Co., 1993 catalogue no. 28
Compare the jade axe unearthed from Gancaodian, Yuzhong, Gansu province, illustrated by Gu (ed.), Zhongguo chutu yuqi
quanji (Complete Collection of Jades Unearthed in China), Vol. 15, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Xingjiang, Beijing, 2005, p. 43,
described as Qijia culture.
อͩኜࣛ˾c͗ᗟcڗ 12.7᩶Ϸc
Ը๕cᖯ⭮બ1903-1988ᔚᔛiᔝଣઠ 1993त࢝ྡୋ 28
21. A N eolithic Jade Ceremonial Axe ( Chan )
circa 3000–2000 B.C.
of oblong shape, with a chamfered cutting edge on one long side and one short side, pierced with
a small hole near the blunt end, the stone of mottled dark green color.
Length 5 inches (12.7 cm)
Ex Collection Professor Max Loehr (1903–1988)
Ex J.J. Lally & Co., 1993 catalogue no. 26
Compare the larger axe of similar form in the British Museum, illustrated by Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the
Qing, London, 1995, p. 171, no. 10:4.
อͩኜࣛ˾c͗ᗟcڗ 12.7᩶Ϸc
Ը๕cᖯ⭮બ1903-1988ᔚᔛiᔝଣઠ 1993त࢝ྡୋ 26
22. A N eolithic Jade Ceremonial Axe ( Chan )
circa 2000 B.C.
the oblong blade with rounded edges, pierced with a hole drilled from both sides near the butt,
tapered down to a blunted cutting edge, the ice-gray stone softly polished.
Length 6 inches (15.2 cm)
Ex Collection Professor Max Loehr, acquired in Beijing, November, 1942
Ex J.J. Lally & Co., 1993 catalogue no. 25
Compare the jade axe excavated from the burial site at Dawenkou, Tai’an, Shandong province, now in the Shandong
Provincial Museum, illustrated by Gu (ed.), Zhongguo chutu yuqi quanji (Complete Collection of Jades Unearthed in China),
Vol. 4, Shandong, Beijing, 2005, p. 14, described as late Dawenkou culture.
อͩኜࣛ˾c͗ᗟcڗ 15.2᩶Ϸc
Ը๕cᖯ⭮બ 1942ϋ 11˜ᒅ̏ԯiᔝଣઠ 1993त࢝ྡୋ 25
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