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2718 二里頭文化 約公元前1800-1600年 玉戚
A JADE CEREMONIAL AXE, QI
來源
ERLITOU CULTURE, CIRCA 1800-1600 BC 養德堂珍藏，台北，入藏於 1995 年以前
The flat axe of oval form flares towards a curved cutting edge, and 展覽
carved to the long edges with ridged teeth. 國立故宮博物院，《羣玉別藏》，台北，1995年，圖錄圖版
6 ¡ in. (16.2 cm.) long, box 62號
HK$160,000-240,000 US$21,000-31,000 著錄
鄧淑蘋，《羣玉別藏》，台北，1995年，圖版62號
PROVENANCE
本器中央圓孔甚大，有可能是從玉璧改裝過來。
The Yangdetang Collection, Taipei, acquired prior to 1995
EXHIBITED
National Palace Museum, Collectors’ Exhibition of Archaic Chinese
Jades, Taipei, 1995, Catalogue, pl. 62
LITERATURE
Teng Shu-p’ing, Collectors’ Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades,
Taipei, 1995, pl. 62
The aperture on the current axe is exceptionally large, suggesting that it
might have been adapted from a bi disc.
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