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ਠ ͗ A JADE CEREMONIAL BLADE,
͋ ˑ LATE SHANG - WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY
Ї the long and slightly convex blade flaring gently towards the straight bevelled edge, drilled with a perforation at the tang and another

Г smaller perforation off-centre on the blade, the opaque green stone with brown mottling
մ 33 by 5.6 cm
PROVENANCE Ը๕j LITERATURE ̈وj
Collection of Mr and Mrs Richard C. Bull. Richard C. Bull ͸ᙨϗᔛ Arts of the Chou Dynasty, Stanford, California, 1958, cat. no. 18. Arts of the Chou Dynasty‘d̦ʗ၅d̋ψd1958ϋd
Sotheby's New York, 6th December 1983, lot 173. ॲߒᘽబˢ1983ϋ12˜6˚dᇜ໮173 Treasures in America, Virginia, 1961, cat. no. 42. ᇜ໮18
R.H. Ellsworth Ltd, New York, 1983. Chinese Jade Exhibit, Philadelphia, 1962, cat. no. 24.
τܠჃdॲߒd1983ϋ Treasures in America‘d̿Λ̵ԭψd1961ϋdᇜ໮42
Selected Treasures of Chinese Art: Min Chiu Society Thirtieth
EXHIBITED Chinese Jade Exhibit‘d൬۬d1962ϋdᇜ໮24
࢝ᚎj Anniversary Exhibition, Hong Kong, 1990, cat. no. 197.
Masterpieces of Chinese Art, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, ዝ˾˖يയޜjઽӋၚٸɧɤ඄ϋߏׂ࢝‘d࠰ಥd1990ϋd
Richmond, Virginia, 1954-55. Masterpieces of Chinese Art‘d̿Λ̵ԭߕஔ᎜d London, 1995, pl. 10:22. ᇜ໮197
Arts of the Chou Dynasty, Stanford University Museum, Stanford, Richmondd̿Λ̵ԭψd1954-55ϋ ᖯಌdChinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing‘d
California, 1958. Arts of the Chou Dynasty‘d̦ʗ၅ɽኪ௹ي᎜d̦ʗ၅d̋ ࡐ౱d1995ϋdྡو10:22
Treasures in America, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, ψd1958ϋ
Virginia, 1961. Treasures in America‘d̿Λ̵ԭߕஔ᎜dRichmondd
Chinese Jade Exhibit, The University Museum, University of ̿Λ̵ԭψd1961ϋ
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1962. Chinese Jade Exhibit‘dႷɼج̵ԭɽኪ௹ي᎜d൬۬d
Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio, 1963. 1962ϋ
Selected Treasures of Chinese Art: Min Chiu Society Thirtieth дл˃ᚆᖵஔ௹ي᎜dڶͶڶψd1963ϋ
Anniversary Exhibition, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, ዝ˾˖يയޜjઽӋၚٸɧɤ඄ϋߏׂ࢝‘d࠰ಥᖵஔ᎜d
1990-91. ࠰ಥd1990-91ϋ
British Museum, London, on loan, 1995.
ɽߵ௹ي᎜dࡐ౱d࠾࢝d1995ϋ
HK$ 400,000-600,000
US$ 51,000-76,500

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