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二里頭文化 2701
（約公元前2080年～公元前1300年） A DARK GREEN JADE BLADE, DAO
ERLITOU CULTURE, C. 2080-1300BC
以河南省偃師縣二里頭遺址命名，主要分布在河南中、西
部的鄭州附近和伊、洛、穎、汝、渚水流域以及山西南部 The thickly cut and trapezoidal blade is pierced with a circular
的汾水下游一帶。是跨越新石器時代與青銅器時代的文 aperture from one side. The stone has a fine satiny polish and a
blackish olive-green colour with pale grey veins and areas of soft
化。目前學術界大致公認二里頭文化分為四期：第一、 gold colour.
二期約公元前2080年至公元前1590年，無青銅器出土， 9 ¬ in. (24.5 cm.) long, box
咸認為是「夏文化」時期；第三、四期約公元前1590年
至公元前1300年，有青銅器出土，被認為是夏晚期與早 HK$120,000-180,000 US$16,000-23,000
商的並存期。2019年10月21日，「二里頭夏都遺址博 PROVENANCE
物館」在河南洛陽開幕，展出2000餘件出土的玉器、陶 Arthur M. Sackler Collection
器、青銅器及綠松石器；但使用「夏都」一詞，考古界及 Sold at Christie’s New York, 1 December 1994, lot 78
Lantien Shanfang Collection
學術界認為仍須討論研究。
ERLITOU CULTURE 二里頭文化 墨玉刀

(C. 2080-1300 BC) 來源
Named after the site discovered at Erlitou at Yanshi, 亞瑟·賽克勒舊藏
Henan, the Erlitou Culture spread throughout the 紐約佳士得，1994年12月1日，拍品78號
middle and western parts of Henan around Zhengzhou, 藍田山房舊藏
the river valleys of Yi, Luo, Ying, and Ru, as well as the
lower Fen river valley in the southern part of Shanxi.
The Erlitou Culture spanned from the Neolithic Period
through to the Bronze Age, and has been generally
divided into four phases: the first and second phases,
dated C. 2080-1590 BC, have been identified as the
period of ‘Xia Culture’, from which no bronze vessels
had been discovered; the third and fourth phases,
dated C. 1590-1300 BC, from which bronze vessels
had been discovered, have been identified as a period
when the late Xia Culture existed in parallel with the
early Shang dynasty. The Erlitou Site Museum of the
Xia Capital was opened on 21 October 2019, unveiling
an exhibition encompassing more than 2000 pieces of
jade and pottery, bronze vessels, and turquoise-inlaid
objects. However, the use of the term ‘Xia Capital’
remains controversial and awaits further study.

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