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AN INSCRIBED JADE TABLET A GROUP OF FIVE ARCHAIC JADE BLADES
The jade probably Western Zhou, the inscription later Probably Western Zhou Dynasty and later
The mottled black/brown stone incised to the front and carved in Comprising: a spinach jade axe blade with gently bevelled edges
shallow relief to the reverse. and typical drill hole to the apex; a cream jade axe blade with flaring
21.8cm (8 5/8in) long edges; a greyish-green handle with traces of calcification; a mottled
creamy jade blade with shallow relief decoration; and a curved
£1,000 - 1,500 cream/brown jade pendant plaque in the shape of a two-headed
HK$9,800 - 15,000 mythical beast.
CNY8,900 - 13,000 The first: 12.5cm (4 7/8in) long (5).
Provenance £1,200 - 1,800
according to the collector’s notes, Schulman Coin & Mint, Inc., New HK$12,000 - 18,000
York, The Howard D. Gibbs Estate, Part III: Coin and Primitive Money. CNY11,000 - 16,000
January 26-27, 1971, lot no. 341.
Provenance
according to the collector’s notes,
The spinach axe blade, The jade disc, bi, from Schulman Coin &
Mint, Inc., New York, The Howard D. Gibbs Estate, Part III: Coin and
Primitive Money. January 26-27, 1971, lot no. 323.

The jade knife acquired from Schulman Coin & Mint, Inc., New York,
The Howard D. Gibbs Estate, Part VI: Chinese Jade And The Orient
March 20-21, 1972, lot no. 224.

The other two axe blades also thought to have been acquired in New
York in circa 1970.

For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue. ASIAN ART - PART II | 179