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A SPINACH-GREEN JADE AXE BLADE, FU, NEOLITHIC PERIOD
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2024年12月17日 开拍
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A SPINACH-GREEN JADE AXE BLADE, FU, NEOLITHIC PERIOD

China, 3000-2000 BC. Of flattened trapezium form with rounded edges and two circular hafting holes drilled from both sides. Dark-green opaque stone with areas of dark cloudy inclusions and russet flecks, reminiscent of a misty mountain landscape.

Provenance: Shore Galleries, Chicago, Illinois, 1959, lot 357. An old private collection in New England, USA, acquired from the above. A copy of a page from a typewritten auction catalog for the Shore Galleries auction where the present lot was sold in 1959, with the catalog entry for the present lot describing it as an ‘Archaic green jade axe head’, as well as a copy of handwritten collector’s notes for the present lot, ‘Not sure if jade but in a special lined box etc. An old burial piece – Probably Han’, accompany this lot. The box has an old label, inscribed ‘Stone axe from Han dynasty’.
Condition: Good condition, commensurate with age. Minor losses, signs of weathering and erosion, small nicks, minor chips, encrustations.

Weight: 414.2 g
Dimensions: Length 15.5 cm, width 13.5 cm, aperture 1.4 cm (each)

With a padded silk storage box. (2)

Knife- and axe-shaped blades made from stone were probably working tools in Neolithic societies. Jade is hard but brittle, so the blades made from this beautiful material are unlikely to have been put to practical use. Instead, they would have been held by chieftains as symbols of authority. Large quantities of jade blades have been excavated in different regions in China, indicating their widespread use over a span of more than 3,000 years.

Literature comparison:
Compare closely related jade axes dated to the Neolithic period, from the collection of Max Loehr, sold at Sotheby’s Paris, 15 December 2016, lots 55 and 65. Compare a related jade axe, also dated to the Neolithic period, dated 6000-3000 BC, 10 cm high, in the British Museum, registration number 1937,0416.15. Compare a related jade axe, also dated to the Neolithic period, c. 2500 BC, 15.5 cm long, in the British Museum, registration number 1937,0416.108.

Auction comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Bonhams London, 7 June 2021, lot 422
Price: GBP 20,250 or approx. EUR 29,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A rare archaic spinach-green jade axe blade, Ge, Neolithic Period
Expert remark: Note the length (18 cm).

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