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PROPERTY FROM A PRINCELY COLLECTION
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A FINE GREYISH-GREEN JADE HALBERD BLADE, GE
LATE SHANG DYNASTY, CIRCA 1200 B.C.
The jade is carved with a ridge to the centre extending the lenght of the blade. 貴族私人珍藏
Each side is finely polished with four facets and the plain area is pierced with
two holes. The handle is well carved with three parallel double-ribs and a 商晚期 青玉戈
single rib, all extending from two parallel-lines to the notched edge. The stone 來源:
is of greyish-green tone with darker and lighter striations. von Oertzen男爵伉儷舊藏, 南非, 約翰內斯堡, 於1969年前購入
11 3/8 in. (28.9cm.) long 倫敦佳士得, 2008年11月4日, 拍品119號
£20,000-30,000 US$26,000-38,000 出版:
€22,000-33,000 S. Howard Hansford,《Jade: Essence of Hills and Streams》約翰內斯堡, 1969年, 45頁, 圖版
A42
PROVENANCE:
The Collection of Baron and Baroness von Oertzen, Johannesburg, South
Africa, acquired prior to 1969.
Christie's London, 4 November 2008, lot 119.
Property From a Princely Collection.
LITERATURE:
S. Howard Hansford, Jade: Essence of Hills and Streams, Johannesburg, 1969,
p. 45, no. A42.

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