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13 商 玉戈
A JADE DAGGER-BLADE, GE
Shang Dynasty 來源：
Carved in the form of a pointed blade with sharp and bevelled edges, 英國威布里治收藏家白威廉舊藏，1963年
a circular aperture pierced to the centre of the blade, the opaque stone 賽克勒舊藏（1913-1987）
of light taupe tone. 倫敦佳士得（南肯辛頓），2009年5月15日，拍品編號17（拍品之一）
12.8cm (5in) long 松竹堂收藏，編號17

HK$40,000 - 60,000 出版及著錄：
US$5,100 - 7,700 霍滿棠，《韞玉生輝 - 松竹堂珍藏玉器》，香港，2011年，圖版17

Provenance: 此戈整體鈣化，局部受沁呈黃斑。器扁薄，援前鋒呈三角形，邊緣鋒
A.W.Bahr, Weybridge, 1963 利，援、內中部輕微一條脊線，中脊上有一較大穿孔。整體形制規
Arthur M. Sackler (1913-1987) 整，線條流暢，為商代流行的一種禮儀儀仗用器。商代婦好墓曾出土
Christie’s South Kensington, 15 May 2009, lot 17 (part lot) 過共三十九件造型不一的戈形玉器，可見玉戈在商代貴族生活中佔有
The Songzhutang collection, no.17 重要的地位。

Published and Illustrated: 商代玉戈援部中脊上有較大穿孔的例子較為少見，其功能有可能是為
T.Fok, The Splendour of Jade: The Songzhutang Collection of Jade, 了鑲嵌綠松石一類的飾物，見一商代晚期例子，蔡慶良，《商代玉
Hong Kong, 2011, pl.17 器》，台北震旦藝術博物館，2010年，頁68，圖版29。另一相仿之例
現藏於河南省博物院,曾出土於河南省羅山縣莽張鄉,見《中國出土玉
This type of jade ge was mainly used for ceremonial purposes. A large 器全集5》，北京，2010年，頁108。
number of thirty-nine jade ge in various forms were found in the tomb
of Fu Hao, at Yinxu in Anyang, Henan Province, demonstrating the
importance of ge amongst the noble class during the Shang dynasty.
Jade blades with a large circular hole at the yuan (the main body) section,
as in the present lot, are relatively rare in the Shang dynasty. The size of
the hole suggests that it could have been used for a semi-precious stone
inlay. See an example of a white and russet jade blade of similar form
with a pierced hole at the centre, late Shang dynasty, illustrated by Cai
Qingliang, Jades of Shang Dynasty, Aurora Art Museum, Taipei, 2010,
p.68, pl.29. Compare another similar example, Shang dynasty, excavated
from Mangzhangxiang at Luoshan, Henan Province, now in the Henen
Provincial Museum, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Jades
Unearthed in China, vol.5, Beijing, 2010, p.108.

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