Tablette en jade, gui Dynasty Shang, ca. 1300 avant J.-C.

la pierre à la surface simplement polie, les faces convexes s'affinant vers les bords carrés et le côté tranchant arqué, le côté opposé légèrement fuselé percé d'un petit orifice, la pierre vert pâle aux tons gris à inclusions foncées et blanches, traces de terre

Collection of Prof. Max Loehr (1903-1988).
J. J. Lally & Co., New York, 1993.

Chinese Archaic Jades and Bronzes fom the Estate of Professor Max Loehr and Others, J. J. Lally & Co., New York, 1993, no. 46.

J. J. Lally & Co., Chinese Archaic Jades and Bronzes from the Estate of Professor Max Loehr and Others, New York, 1993, cat. no. 46.

There is a ca. 2x1cm wide old shallow chip to one corner and upper edge of the handle. There are small fritts along the edges and blade of the tablet. The jade is of a lighter green colour than the catalogue illustration suggests and translucent under light in the lower part of the tablet.
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