Lot 50
  • 50

Hache cérémonielle en jade, qi Dynasty Shang, ca. 1300-1200 avant J.-C.

Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 EUR
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Description

  • Jade
la fine lame allongée percée de deux ouvertures l'une au-dessus de l'autre sur l'axe médian près du bord supérieur émoussé, le côté tranchant évasé bien aiguisé légèrement arrondi, les bords latéraux en double biseau sculptés de deux paires de crans proéminents, la pierre opaque vert foncé marbrée de calcifications beiges, traces de terre et de cinabre

Provenance

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

Exhibited

Chinese Art. Symbols and Images, an Exhibition held at Wellesley College, Jewett Arts Center, April 16-June 6, 1967, sponsored by the Mayling Soong Foundation, no. 3.
Chinese Archaic Jades and Bronzes from the Estate of Professor Max Loehr and Others, J. J. Lally & Co., New York, 1993, no. 34.

Literature

Max Loehr, Chinese Art. Symbols and Images, Wellesley, Massachusetts, 1967, p. 11, cat. no. 3.
J. J. Lally & Co., Chinese Archaic Jades and Bronzes from the Estate of Professor Max Loehr and Others, New York, 1993, cat. no. 34.