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A MOTTLED GREEN AND BROWN JADE AXE, YUE, NEOLITHIC PERIOD, LIANGZHU CULTURE
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09月11日 下午5点 开拍
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A MOTTLED GREEN AND BROWN JADE AXE, YUE, NEOLITHIC PERIOD, LIANGZHU CULTURE
This lot is from a single owner collection and is therefore offered without reserve

China, ca. 3300-2200 BC. Finely carved with slightly rounded lateral edges and a thin beveled cutting edge. There is a wide circular hole drilled from both sides with a ridge in the middle. The opaque stone of varying hues of green, accented with brown and calcified white shadings. The fine polish gives the piece an overall unctuous feel.

Provenance: The Collection of Sam and Myrna Myers, Paris, France. Acquired between circa 1965-2012.
Condition: Very good condition with wear, traces of weathering and signs of prolonged burial, small nicks, smoothened chips, and natural fissures, some of which have developed into small hairline cracks.

Weight: 338 g
Dimensions: Length 17.5 cm

Jade axes such as the present lot are much rarer than bi disks or even the cong tube, as they were seemingly reserved for only the most elite tombs and there is usually only one such axe found in each of these tombs.

While collectively termed 'axe' in English, jade axes have variations of translations in Chinese. Ceremonial jades of a trapezoidal form with a straight or curved edge would be named yue, produced for a long duration of time from the Neolithic period to the Zhou dynasty. As a ceremonial weapon, jade yue symbolized power in ancient Chinese culture, it was attached to a wood pole to be carried by officials as an emblem of authority.

Literature comparison:
Compare a closely related green axe, dated to the Neolithic period, 15.5 cm high, in the British Museum, registration number 1937,0416.16.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 9 October 2023, lot 3711
Price: HKD 279,400 or approx. EUR 33,400 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A large mottled green jade ceremonial axe, Neolithic period, Liangzhu culture
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form and mottled stone. Note the larger size (20.6 cm).

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Christie’s London, 6 November 2012, lot 74
Price: GBP 15,000 or approx. EUR 28,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A mottled jade axe, Neolithic period, Liangzhu culture, 3rd millennium BC
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form and mottled stone. Note the almost identical size (17.7 cm).

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拍品估价:1,500 - 3,000 欧元 起拍价格:800 欧元  买家佣金: 35.00%

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