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         A HIGHLY IMPORTANT INSCRIBED ‘MARQUIS
         MI’ WHITE JADE GE-HALBERD BLADE
         LATE SHANG DYNASTY, C. 1300-1100 BC
         The blade is carved with a median ridge extending on both sides with bevelled edges
         continuing to where the blade begins to taper to the point, with a hole drilled through
         the tang below incised cross-hatching design between horizontal lines. A four-character
         inscription in oracle-bone script, Qi hou Mi yong, ‘for the use of the Marquis Mi of Qi ’, is
         incised in a vertical line next to the hafting bar. The jade has a superb even creamy-white
         tone with an unctuous texture.
         11 Ω in. (29.8 cm.) long, box
         HK$2,500,000-4,000,000                     US$330,000-520,000

         PROVENANCE
         Jinhuatang Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1998                             inscription
                                                                                         銘文
         商晚期   「㠱侯彌用」白玉戈
         來源
         金華堂舊藏，1998年購於台北

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