A DARK GREEN JADE AXE HEADNEOLITHIC PERIOD |

Estimate

12,000 - 15,000 USD

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Description

Length 6 1/2 in., 16.7 cm

of trapezoid form with curved edges and a smooth rounded surface, one end pierced with an aperture, the stone a deep hunter green variegated with white and lighter streaks

Provenance

Alice Boney, New York, 7th December 1985.
Collection of Florence (1920-2018) and Herbert (1917-2016) Irving, acquired 7th December 1985, no. 542.

Catalogue Note

Compare a black axe blade, illustrated in Robert J. Poor, Ancient Chinese Bronzes, Ceramics and Jade in the Collection of the Honolulu Academy of Arts, pl. 1b. See also one sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 21st May 1982, lot 977, and another grayish-green example with a straighter top edge sold in these rooms, 12th June 1984, lot 1.