A MOTTLED JADE AXE

NEOLITHIC PERIOD, LIANGZHU CULTURE, 3RD MILLENNIUM BC

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A MOTTLED JADE AXE
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, LIANGZHU CULTURE, 3RD MILLENNIUM BC
The jade axe is drilled with a circular hole, and the mottled opaque stone is of a dark brown and black tone with celadon areas and creamy white streaks throughout.
7 in. (17.7 cm.) long

Provenance

From a private English collection.

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Please note the provenance for this lot should also read 'Purchased in the UK in 2002 and previously from a private UK jade collection for many years'.

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Lot Essay

A jade axe also from the Liangzhu Culture from the Peony Collection has a very similar shape to the present lot, illustrated in The Museum of East Asian Art: Jades from China, Hong Kong, 1994, pl. 34 (see fig. 1).

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