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PROPERTY FROM A PRINCELY COLLECTION
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A FINE GREYISH-GREEN JADE AXE, QI
LATE SHANG-EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, CIRCA 1000 B.C.
The axe is of square form at the top, flaring out slightly at the sides and gently 貴族私人珍藏
curved to the cutting edge. The long sides are notched with small flanges. The
top section is drilled with two holes from one side. The stone is of greenish- 商/西周 青玉戚
grey colour with areas of opaque budd alteration showing fabric impression. 來源:
4 in. (10.2cm.) 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116號
£15,000-20,000 US$20,000-26,000
€17,000-22,000 出版:
S. Howard Hansford,《Jade: Essence of Hills and Streams》約翰內斯堡, 1969年, 49頁, 圖版
PROVENANCE: A46
The Collection of Baron and Baroness von Oertzen, Johannesburg, South
Africa, acquired prior to 1969.
Christie's London, 4 November 2008, lot 116.
Property from a Princely Collection.
LITERATURE:
S. Howard Hansford, Jade: Essence of Hills and Streams, Johannesburg, 1969,
p. 49, no. A46.

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