Grande lame cérémonielle en jade, dao Période Erlitou, ca. 1900-1600 avant J.-C.

la plaque trapézoïdale élancée aux angles arrondis, le côté long au bord sculpté en biseau, les faces finement polies, percée de quatre trous coniques placés de façon irrégulière près du bord non tranchant, les orifices percés d'un côté alternant avec ceux percés de l'autre, la pierre verte aux tons cendrés tachée de calcifications opaques chamois

Acquired in Beijing, February 1941 (according to Max Loehr's notes).
Collection of Prof. Max Loehr (1903-1988).
J. J. Lally & Co., New York, 1993.

Chinese Archaic Jades and Bronzes from the Estate of Professor Max Loehr and Others, J. J. Lally & Co., New York, 1993, no. 32.

J. J. Lally & Co., Chinese Archaic Jades and Bronzes from the Estate of Professor Max Loehr and Others, New York, 1993, cat. no. 32.

The jade blade is in good overall condition. The rounded corners of the bevelled cutting edge may have been slighlty recut as there are minute frittings to both. There are scattered minute fritts to the cutting edge. The stone is smoothly polished. The colour of the stone is a darker mottled beige and green than the catalogue illustration suggests.
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