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A RARE JADE ‘TAOTIE’ CEREMONIAL DAGGER-AXE, GE, LATE SHANG DYNASTY, ANYANG PHASE
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A RARE JADE ‘TAOTIE’ CEREMONIAL DAGGER-AXE, GE, LATE SHANG DYNASTY, ANYANG PHASE
This lot is from a single owner collection and is therefore offered without reserve

Published: Myrna Myers (ed.) & Filippo Salviati (auth.), Radiant Stones. Archaic Chinese Jades, Paris, 2000, no. 44.

China, circa 13th-11th century BC. The blade is thinly carved in ge form with a pointed tip and a median ridge extending on both sides. The tang pierced with a single hole and incised with a taotie mask on either side. The stone with extensive opaque ivory-white with translucent areas of of an ivory-white tone with translucent areas of white and russet as well as icy veins.

Provenance: The Collection of Sam and Myrna Myers, Paris, France. Acquired between circa 1965-2012.
Condition: Good condition with expected wear, signs of prolonged burial and traces of weathering with associated small losses, minor nibbling and few minute chips along the edges.

Weight: 32.9 g
Dimensions: Height 12.8 cm

The present ge is decorated with a taotie mask, the principal motif of the Shang artistic repository. The shape and decoration of the blade recall similar artifacts in bronze: indeed, the object was meant to be a replica in jade of a type of weapon found in many areas of China during the Shang period, characterized by a distinctive V-shaped outline. Ge halberds represent the last major category of ceremonial weapons fashioned in jade. The tradition of putting jade weapons in tombs as part of the funerary offerings, begun in the Neolithic period, ending in the late Western Zhou dynasty.

Jade ge of the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties were mainly used for ceremonial purposes. A significant number of jade ge were found in the tomb of Fu Hao, at Yinxu in Anyang, Henan Province, demonstrating the importance of these ritual blades; see Yinxu Fu Hao mu, Beijing, 1980, col. pl. 17.1, 17.2, and 18.1.

Literature comparison:
Compare a closely related ceremonial dagger-axe with animal masks, 4.4 cm long, Shang dynasty, c. 1600-1050 BC, in the Cleveland Museum of Art, accession number 1983.2. Compare a closely related jade dagger-axe with taotie designs, dated Shang-Western Zhou dynasty, 11th-10th century BC, 11 cm long, in the Harvard Art Museums, object number 1943.50.91, illustrated by Max Loehr and Louisa G. Fitzgerald Huber, Ancient Chinese Jades from the Grenville L. Winthrop Collection in the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, 1975, cat. no. 67.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Sotheby's New York, 22 March 2011, lot 63
Price: USD 68,500 or approx. EUR 84,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A rare archaic jade dagger, late Shang dynasty-Early Western Zhou dynasty
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form, manner or carving, taotie motif, and calcified stone. Note the related size (14 cm).

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