Manche en jade, bing Dynastie Shang, ca. 1200 avant J.-C.

de forme rectangulaire effilée, une extrémité fuselée taillée en double biseau, la partie supérieure creusée de fins sillons parallèles, la pierre céladon uniforme avec une partie tachée d'inclusions blanches, traces de terre

Acquired in Beijing, December 1944 (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. 48.

J. J. Lally & Co., Chinese Archaic Jades and Bronzes from the Estate of Professor Max Loehr and Others, New York, 1993, cat. no. 48.

There is a ca. 5x8cm large shallow imperfection to the stone on one side of the handle with associated veins running into the stone. There are encrustations adhering to one side of the handle. The colour of the stone is of a darker olive tone than the catalogue illustration suggests. The stone is smoothly polished.
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