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2709
A CELADON JADE GE-HALBERD 商晚期 玉戈
BLADE 來源
LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 藍田山房舊藏，1990年購於台北
12TH-11TH CENTURY BC
比較本拍賣一例形制相近但較長的商代玉戈（48.9公分），見拍品2708
The jade is thinly carved with a long blade with a median ridge 號，其1999年曾於台北故宮博物院《群玉別藏續集》展出，見展覽圖
and bevelled edges on one side tapering asymmetrically to a tip, 錄，頁135，圖版58號。此類大尺寸的玉戈應為禮器。
with a hole pierced below the narrower tang which flares to the
diagonal butt edge.
13 Ω in. (34.1 cm.) long, box
HK$120,000-150,000 US$16,000-20,000

PROVENANCE
Lantien Shanfang Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1990
Long jade ge-halberd blades such as the present lot were made during
the Shang dynasty, and their length points to a ceremonial rather than
practical use. Compare to a longer jade ge-halberd blade (48.9 cm.)
similarly carved with an asymmetric blade and a diagonal butt edge
in the present sale, see lot 2708, which was included in the 1999
Collector’s Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades held at the National
Palace Museum, Taipei, see Catalogue, p. 135, no. 58.

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