新石器時代 玉斧

de forme quadrangulaire esquissant un trapèze, les faces bien polies en léger dénivelé aux bords, la partie supérieure traversée d'un orifice percé d'un seul côté, le bord tranchant oblique poli en un très net double biseau, la pierre translucide verte nimbée d'inclusions laiteuses et brun foncé

羅樾 (1903-1988年) 舊藏
J. J. Lally & Co.，紐約，1993年

《Chinese Archaic Jades and Bronzes from the Estate of Professor Max Loehr and Others》，J. J. Lally & Co.，紐約，1993年，編號8

J. J. Lally & Co.，《Chinese Archaic Jades and Bronzes from the Estate of Professor Max Loehr and Others》，紐約，1993年，編號8

There is a ca. 1 x 1cm large old chip to one corner of the handle and a ca. 2 x 1cm large old shallow chip to one side of the edge of the handle. There are two chips to the blade. The stone is a darker green colour than the catalogue illustration suggests and translucent under light.
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