Lot 35
  • 35

Lame cérémonielle en jade Période Néolithique, Culture Longshan, ca. 2500-2000 avant J.-C.

Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 EUR
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Description

  • Jade
l'épaisse dalle taillée en forme de hache quadrangulaire allongée, percée de trois trous de tailles différentes, deux dans la partie supérieure et un dans la partie inférieure, le côté court tranchant sculpté en biseau sous un arc de cercle, les trois autres côtés aux bords arrondis, la pierre de couleur brun olive traversée de veines sombres et finement polie

Provenance

Acquired in Beijing, June 1943 (according to Max Loehr's notes).
Collection of Prof. Max Loehr (1903-1988).
J. J. Lally & Co., New York, 1993.

Exhibited

Chinese Archaic Jades and Bronzes from the Estate of Professor Max Loehr and Others, J. J. Lally & Co., New York, 1993, no. 29.

Literature

J. J. Lally & Co., Chinese Archaic Jades and Bronzes from the Estate of Professor Max Loehr and Others, New York, 1993, cat. no. 29.

Condition

The jade is in good overall condition. There is a ca. 1cm large shallow old chip to one corner of the blade and a ca. 1x1cm large shallow old chip to the rear of the same corner. There is an old shallow chip to an upper corner and a ca. 0.5cm long old shallow chip to the same corner on the reverse side. There are small old fritte to the corner opposite it. The three holes are drilled from one side. The stone is smoothly polished.
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