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220 AN EXCEPTIONAL AND RARE ARCHAIC GREEN JADE CEREMONIAL BLADE (GE)
SHANG DYNASTY
商 青玉戈
thinly carved with the elongated yuan extending to a gently tapered tip, with a beveled edge on one side, the end finely incised
with a band of lozenge patterns between triple lines, the nei pierced with an aperture and carved at the end with five grooves
forming the teeth, the softly polished stone of a pale green tone with a distinctive band of opaque white calcification
Length 12⅛ in., 30.8 cm
$ 120,000-150,000
PROVENANCE 來源
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978). 史蒂芬•瓊肯三世（1978年逝）收藏
82 JUNKUNC: ARTS OF ANCIENT CHINA II
