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A LARGE AND INSCRIBED JADE 'TAOTIE' CEREMONIAL DAGGER-AXE (GE), LATE SHANG DYNASTY, ANYANG PHASE
奥地利
03月12日 晚上6点 开拍
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China, c. 1300-1050 BC. Thinly carved, the large, straight blade terminating in a pointed tip, the tang pierced by a single perforation drilled from one side, decorated in high relief with a taotie mask and a phoenix on either face, while one side additionally inscribed with an array of six finely incised ideograms. The translucent stone of a celadon tone, with extensive areas of white calcification and russet veining.Provenance: The Collection of Sam and Myrna Myers, Paris, France. Acquired between circa 1965-2012.Condition: Good condition, commensurate with age, with surface wear and inherent natural imperfections, such as inclusions and small fissures. Expected traces of weathering. Minor nibbling along the edges and few minute chips, one of them visibly reattached. Scattered minuscule nicks and shallow surface scratches. Calcification and surface alteration.Weight: 339.4 gDimensions: Length 40.1 cmWith an associated padded storage box. (2)Following the invention of bronze, weapons such as blades and daggers were also produced in more refined materials, notably jade, for ceremonial purposes. The present blade represents a jade adaptation of a weapon type widely distributed across many regions of China during the Shang period, distinguished by its characteristic V-shaped outline. The perforation in the tang indicates the point at which the blade was originally mounted onto a wooden shaft. Unusually, the tang is decorated on both sides with a stylized phoenix and a taotie mask, the latter being one of the principal motifs of the Shang artistic repertoire.The significance of such ceremonial blades within Shang dynasty society is underscored by both the quantity and the exceptional quality of examples excavated from the tomb of Fu Hao (d. c. 1200 BC), consort of King Wu Ding (r. 1324-1266 BC). Discovered near the Shang capital of Anyang in Henan province, her tomb offers valuable insight into the diversity of scale, design, and technical refinement achieved in jade carving during her lifetime. See Yinxu Fu Hao mu / Tomb of Lady Hao at Yinxu in Anyang, 1980, pl. 107-113, and Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jade. From the Neolithic to the Qing, 1995, p. 40-41.Literature comparison:Compare a related jade ceremonial dagger-axe (ge) with animal masks, Shang dynasty, c. 1600-1046 BC, 4.4 cm long, in the Cleveland Museum of Asian Art, accession number 1983.2. Compare a closely related jade dagger-axe with 'taotie' design, Shang to Western Zhou dynasty, 11th-10th century BC, 11 cm long, in the Harvard Art Museums, object number 1943.50.91, illustrated in Max Loehr and Louisa G. Fitzgerald Huber, Ancient Chinese Jades from the Grenville L. Winthrop Collection in the Fogg Art Museum, 1975, cat. no. 67.Auction result comparison:Type: Closely related Auction: Sotheby's New York, 13 October 2021, lot 3670 Price: HKD 2,268,000 or approx. EUR 272,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing : A massive archaic jade ceremonial blade (ge), Shang dynasty Expert remark: Compare the closely related form, manner of carving, and color of the stone. Note the larger size (54 cm).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 : A rare archaic jade dagger, late Shang dynasty to early Western Zhou dynasty Expert remark: Compare the closely related form, manner of carving with similar 'taotie' decoration and color of the calcified stone. Note the much smaller size (14 cm).

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