HOTUNG | 何東 The Personal Collection of the late Sir Joseph Hotung | Part II: Day
HOTUNG | 何東 The Personal Collection of the late Sir Joseph Hotung | Part II: Day
Auction Closed
December 8, 05:58 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A stone 'stepped' axe, Neolithic period, Liangzhu culture
新石器時代良渚文化 石斧
the elongated square-section blade with a sharp-angled cutting edge at one end, and a stepped 'tang' or handle-fitting at the other, the grey-green stone with calcified surface
24.5 cm, 9⅝ in.
Pin Chen Tang, Hong Kong, 30th November 1987.
品珍堂,香港,1987年11月30日
Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, pl. 10:3.
羅森,《Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing》, 倫敦,1995年,圖版10:3