Lame en jade, fu Période Néolithique, ca. 2000 avant J.-C.

l'épaisse plaque de forme rectangulaire aux angles arrondis, percée par les deux côtés d'un petit orifice près du bord court supérieur coupé droit, s'affinant vers le bord arqué du côté opposé, la pierre de couleur gris-perle à inclusions blanches et rouille clair

Acquired in Beijing, November 1942 (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. 25

J. J. Lally & Co., Chinese Archaic Jades and Bronzes from the Estate of Professor Max Loehr and Others, New York, 1993, cat. no. 25.

There is a ca. 3x1cm wide old shallow chip to one corner and upper edge of the handle of the tablet (visible in the catalogue illustration), and a old chips to the blade. The stone is a more celadon colour than the catalogue illustration suggests and smoothly polished.
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