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           อ ͗           A JADE CEREMONIAL BLADE,
           ͩ ɠ           NEOLITHIC PERIOD
           ኜ             the blade with a straight upper edge, the short sides with soft rounded ends and sloping towards a gently curved cutting edge, bevelled

           ࣛ             on both sides, drilled with two oblong perforations along the upper edge, the softly polished stone of a dark mottled olive-green tone
                         26.1 by 5.3 cm
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                         PROVENANCE                                      Ը๕j
                         Collection of A.W. Bahr (1877-1959), Weybridge.   ˋဧ€1877-1959ϋϗᔛdࠨ̺Ԣփ
                         R.H. Ellsworth Ltd, New York, April 1988.       τܠჃdॲߒd1988ϋ4˜
                         EXHIBITED
                                                                         ࢝ᚎj
                         British Museum, London, on loan, 1995.
                                                                         ɽߵ௹ي᎜dࡐ౱d࠾࢝d1995ϋ
                         LITERATURE
                                                                         ̈وj
                         Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing,
                         London, 1995, pl. 10:19.                        ᖯಌdChinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing‘d
                                                                         ࡐ౱d1995ϋdྡو10:19
                         HK$ 200,000-300,000
                         US$ 25,500-38,300





















































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