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PROPERTY FROM A PRINCELY COLLECTION
*3
A GREYISH-GREEN JADE CEREMONIAL BLADE, DAO
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, QIJIA CULTURE, CIRCA 2050-1700 B.C.
The thin blade is polished with a sharp, straight knife-edge and a gently curved 貴族私人珍藏
edge to the top. The flaring sides and the top are drilled from one side with four
fastening holes. The stone is of mottled greyish-green colour with areas of 新石器時期齊家文化 青玉刀
russet and brown inclusions. 來源:
14 5/8 in. (37.1cm.) long von Oertzen男爵伉儷舊藏, 南非, 約翰內斯堡, 於1969年前購入
倫敦佳士得, 2008年11月4日, 拍品118號
£15,000-25,000 US$20,000-32,000
€17,000-27,000 出版:
S. Howard Hansford,《Jade: Essence of Hills and Streams》約翰內斯堡, 1969年, 42頁, 圖版
PROVENANCE: A35
The Collection of Baron and Baroness von Oertzen, Johannesburg, South
Africa, acquired prior to 1969.
Christie's London, 4 November 2008, lot 118.
Property from a Princely Collection.
LITERATURE:
S. Howard Hansford, Jade: Essence of Hills and Streams, Johannesburg, 1969,
p.42. no. A35.

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