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               A DARK GREEN JADE ADZE
               SHANG DYNASTY, C. 1600-1046 BC
               The heavy adze is carved with a slightly domed surface on both
               sides with a beveled cutting edge on one end opposite to a short
               rectangular hafting bar above a hole pierced from both sides. The
               stone has a pine green tone with lighter green and white veining.
               10 ¬ in. (27 cm.) long, box
               HK$30,000-50,000               US$3,900-6,500

               PROVENANCE
               Acquired in Hong Kong in 1992
               Compare to a celadon and russet jade adze with flattened rather than
               domed surfaces excavated from the tomb of the Shang queen Fu Hao
               at Yinxu, Anyang, Henan province, illustrated in The Jades from Yinxu,
               Beijing, 1981, no. 26 (919).

               商   墨玉錛

               來源
               1992 年購於香港
               比較一件殷墟婦好墓出土形制與此類似的玉錛，但略寬且較薄，見《殷
               墟玉器》，北京，1981 年，圖版 26 號（919）。















































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