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อ ڡ A GREEN JADE CEREMONIAL BLADE,
ͩ ͗ NEOLITHIC PERIOD
ኜ ɠ the long blade with a straight upper edge, the short sides sloping towards the bevelled cutting edge, drilled with three apertures along
ࣛ the upper edge and another centred near one end of the blade
28.9 by 6.3 cm
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PROVENANCE Ը๕j
Galaxie Art & Gift Co., Hong Kong, 12th July 1988. ྗᖵʈᖵۜϞࠢʮ̡d࠰ಥd1988ϋ7˜12˚
EXHIBITED ࢝ᚎj
British Museum, London, on loan, 1995.
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LITERATURE
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Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing,
London, 1995, pl. 10:18. ᖯಌdChinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qingd
ࡐd1995ϋdྡو10:18
HK$ 200,000-300,000
US$ 25,500-38,300
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