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A RARE ARCHAIC SPINACH-GREEN JADE AXE BLADE, GE
Neolithic Period
The rectangular blade tapering towards the pierced handle with a
hafting hole to the upper section, flaring slightly towards the cutting
edge, the stone of spinach-green tone with cloudy white and russet
flecks and inclusions.
18cm (7 1/8in) long.

£2,000 - 3,000
CNY18,000 - 27,000
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

新石器時代 玉戈

Provenance: Densmore, Paris, 1947
Henri Michel (1885-1981), and thence by descent
Christie’s London, 11 May 2016, lot 298

來源：巴黎古董商Densmore，1947年
Henri Michel（1885-1981）舊藏，並由後人保存
倫敦佳士得，2016年5月11日，拍品編號298

See a related jade axe-blade, Neolithic period, in the collection of the
National Museum of History, Taipei, illustrated by J.Johnston and Chan
Lai Pik, 5,000 Years of Chinese Jade, Taipei, 2011, no.9; see another
example in the Illustrated Catalogue of Ancient Jade Artefacts in the
National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1982, no.23.

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THREE SETS OF ARCHAIC JADE TRIPLE-CRESCENT-SHAPED
PLAQUES, HUANG
Western Zhou Dynasty
Each plaque of flat arc shape, with holes drilled at both ends, the stone
of pale green tone with faint black and brown inclusions.
The largest plaque, 13cm (5 1/8in) long. (9).
422 £1,000 - 1,500
CNY9,100 - 14,000

Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

西周 玉璜三組 共九件

See a similar set of three arc-shaped pendants, Western Zhou dynasty,
illustrated by J.Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing,
London, 1995, p.158, no.7:9. See also one in the in the collection of
the National Museum of History, Taiwan, illustrated by J.Johnston and
Chan Lai Pik, 5,000 Years of Chinese Jade, San Antonio, 2011, no.11.

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AN ARCHAIC GREEN AND RUSSET JADE DISC, BI
Warring States Period/Han Dynasty
Each side carved in low relief with ‘comma’ spirals within an hexagonal
grid pattern between plain inner and outer borders, the translucent
green stone with russet inclusions and veins.
12.5cm (4 6/8in) diam.
£1,500 - 2,000
CNY14,000 - 18,000
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

戰國/漢 穀紋玉璧

Compare with a similar disc, bi, of larger size (17.2cm), Warring States
period, illustrated by Yang Boda, Chinese Archaic Jades from the
Simon Kwan Collection, Hong Kong, 1994, no.197.

See a similar greyish-green jade bi disc, Warring States period/Han
dynasty, which was sold at Christie’s New York, 19-20 September
2013, lot 1730.
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