Chinese Art

Chinese Art

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Chinese Jades from the Ralph Wanger Collection

An archaic dark green jade adze, Neolithic period

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September 16, 01:00 PM GMT

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12,000 - 15,000 USD

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Description

with a later inscribed pictogram


Length 6¼ in., 16 cm

Collection of Cheng Te-k'un (1908-2001).

Bluett & Sons Ltd., London.

Chinese Jades from the Mu-Fei Collection, Bluett & Sons Ltd., London, 1990, cat. no. 1.

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