Monochrome II
Monochrome II
PROPERTY FROM THE HEI-CHI COLLECTION 熙墀收藏
A YELLOWISH-CELADON JADE AXE NEOLITHIC PERIOD, NORTHEAST CHINA | 新石器時代東北地區 青黃玉斧
Auction Closed
October 9, 06:06 AM GMT
Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 HKD
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Hei-Chi Collection
A YELLOWISH-CELADON JADE AXE
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, NORTHEAST CHINA
熙墀收藏
新石器時代東北地區 青黃玉斧
of generous proportions, one side gently tapering to the rounded lower edge, the reverse comparatively flat, one edge with a tool mark, the smoothly polished yellowish-celadon stone with brown inclusions and patches
22.8 cm, 9 in.
Jiang Tao and Liu Yunhui, Jades from Hei-Chi Collection II, Beijing, 2012, p. 22 bottom.
姜濤及劉雲輝，《熙墀藏玉續》，北京，2012年，頁22下
See two jade axes of comparable form and size excavated from Inner Mongolia, attributed to the Hongshan culture, published in The Complete Collection of Jades Unearthed in China, vol. 2: Inner Mongolia, Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Beijing, 2005, pls 42-43; and another in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, included in Art in Quest of Heaven and Truth Chinese Jades through the Ages, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 2011, pl. 4-3-1, together with a line drawing illustrating how this type of axes could have been used by holding the narrower end by hand.
比較內蒙古出土紅山文化玉斧，器形及尺寸與此相類，圖見《中國出土玉器全集》，卷2：內蒙古、遼寧、吉林、黑龍江，北京，2005年，圖版42-43。尚可參考台北故宮藏玉斧，收錄在《敬天格物：中國歷代玉器導讀》，國立故宮博物院，台北，2011年，圖版4-3-1，並有附圖，顯示若無鑽孔，仍可手握玉斧較窄一端使用。