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A DARK GREEN JADE CEREMONIAL 二里頭文化或略早 玉牙璋
BLADE, YAZHANG 來源
ERLITOU CULTURE OR SLIGHTLY EARLIER 藍田山房舊藏，1991年購於台北
The gently waisted blade tapers towards the curved end, opposite
to the tang on the other end above a pierced hole and toothed 近似牙璋曾出土於河南新砦文化花地嘴祭祀坑，見鄧聰教授主編的《牙
projections on either side. The stone is of a dark green colour 璋與國家起源》一書，圖四（圖一）。日本考古學者岡村秀典認為，在
suffused with grey veins. 二里頭遺址以前的牙璋，為祭祀用的祭玉，故而在二里頭文化時期，牙
12 ¬ in. (32 cm.) long, box 璋已成為宮廷禮儀器中最重要的瑞玉之一。
HK$500,000-700,000 US$65,000-91,000

PROVENANCE
Lantien Shanfang Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1991
The present blade is similar to those discovered in the ritual pits at the
Xinzhai Wenhuazui site, Henan province, see the images included by
Deng Cong in Yazhang yu guojia qiyuan, Beijing, 2018, no 4. According
to the research done by the Japanese archaeologist Okamura Hidenori
(fig. 1), yazhang was a type of ritual object used during sacrificial rites
before the Erlitou Culture. During the Erlitou Culture period, yazhang
became one of the most important types of ceremonial jades.

fig. 1 Line drawings of blades discovered in the ritual pits at the Xinzhai
Wenhuazui site, Henan province
圖一 河南花地嘴出土近似牙璋之線描圖

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