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A CELADON JADE AXE, QI 夏／商 玉戚
XIA-SHANG DYNASTY, C. 2100-1100 BC
來源
The thin trapezoidal axe is carved with notched flanges on the 養德堂舊藏，1999年前購於台北
long flaring sides, with a curved asymmetric cutting edge opposite
to a pierced hole. The semi-translucent stone is of a greyish-green 著錄
tone partially covered with buff opaque alteration. 震旦藝術博物館，《商代玉器》，台北，2010年，頁37，
3 √ in. (9.8 cm.) long, box 圖版2號
HK$30,000-50,000 US$3,900-6,500
比較殷墟婦好墓出土的一件形制類似的IV式玉戚，載於《殷
PROVENANCE 墟婦好墓》，北京，1980年，圖版115（459）。
Yangdetang Collection, acquired in Taipei prior to 1999
LITERATURE
Aurora Art Museum, Jades of Shang Dynasty, Taipei, 2010, p. 37,
no. 2
Compare a jade axe of similar shape and proportion categorised as
style-IV excavated from the tomb of the Shang queen Fu Hao at Yinxu,
Anyang, Henan province, illustrated in Yinxu Fuhao mu (The Jades from
the tomb of Fu Hao at Yinxu), Beijing, 1980, pl. 115(459).
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