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PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
士紳珍藏
3054
AN EXCEPTIONAL AND RARE ARCHAIC 商 青玉戈
GREEN JADE CEREMONIAL BLADE
來源:
SHANG DYNASTY (BC1600-1100) 美國史蒂芬·瓊肯三世（1978年逝）舊藏
The blade is thinly carved with the elongated yuan extending to a
gently tapered tip, with a beveled edge on one side. The end is 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 is of a pale green tone
with a distinctive band of opaque white calcification.
12¿ in. (30.8 cm) long
HK$2,000,000-3,000,000 US$260,000-380,000
P R O V E NAN C E :
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978), United States

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