Description: Rare Antique Chinese Carved Archaic - Neolithic Jade Ax Blade. Bell Shape With A Hole Through The Center. Gray And Brown Colors. Finely Carved With Sharp Detail And A Soft Polish And Patina. Approximately 4 7/8" Long x 4 1/5" Wide. Probably Late Neolithic Period - Liangzhu Culture - ca. 3300-2250 BCE). (K1043) Provenance: The Hartman Family Private Collection For A Similar Example:Smithsonian Institute: Freer/Sackler Collection: Item #F1916.498 - Axe of the type fu 斧; rounded blade edge and gently curved sides; perforation bored from both sides leaving median ridge; one surface is mottled yellow and orange with areas and veins of incipient disintegration; opposite surface is pale olive tan with profuse white decomposition. Dated As Late Neolithic Period - Liangzhu Culture ca. 3300-2250 BCE. View Last Images Herein. For Another Example:British Museum (1937,0416.16, reproduced in Jessica Rawson and John Ayers, Chinese Jade throughout the Ages: An Exhibition organized by the Arts Council of Great Britain and the Oriental Ceramic Society [London: Oriental Ceramic Society, 1975], cat. 2). For A Similar Example: Christie's New York - The Robert Hatfield Ellsworth Part III - Chinese Works Of Art: Qing Ceramics, Glass And Jade Carvings - March 19, 2015 - Sale #11420, Lot #488 Which Realized $35,000USD.Lot DescriptionAN OPAQUE IVORY-COLORED JADE AXE CHINA, NEOLITHIC PERIOD, LIANGZHU CULTURE, 3RD MILLENNIUM BCPrice realised USD 35,000EstimateUSD 8,000 - USD 12,000This lot is offered without a reserve AN OPAQUE IVORY-COLORED JADE AXECHINA, NEOLITHIC PERIOD, LIANGZHU CULTURE, 3RD MILLENNIUM BCThe axe flaring slightly towards the softly beveled, rounded cutting edge, the hafting hole drilled from both sides, the now opaque stone with satiny polish4 7/8 in. (12.3 cm.) long ProvenanceThe Collection of Robert H. Ellsworth, New York, before 2000. For A Similar Example:The Harvard Art Museum:Object Number 1943.50.1;TitleFlat Jade Axe with Rounded EdgeClassificationRitual ImplementsWork TypeaxeDatec. 3300 - c. 2000 BCEPeriodNeolithic period, Liangzhu culture, c. 3300-2200 BCEMediumCreamy white nephrite with dark green markings, polished to a brilliant glossDimensionsH. 18.5 x W. 11.5 x Thickness 0.6 cm (7 5/16 x 4 1/2 x 1/4 in.)13 Flat Axe with Rounded Edge Creamy white stone with dark green markings, polished to a brilliant gloss. The blade is slightly splayed, forming sharp points at either end of the curved cutting edge. The cutting edge is flawlessly designed and perfectly preserved. Slanting bore-hole, drilled from both sides. On both faces, at the level of the hole, run deep scars made by a swing saw when the slab was cut. The butt, again, shows a rough finish. Shang(?).
Price: 45250 USD
Location: Miami, Florida
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Primary Material: Jade
Provenance: The Hartman Family Private Collection
Color: Brown
Original/Reproduction: Antique Original
Region of Origin: China
Age: Pre-1800
Maker: Unknown
