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Auction archive: Lot number 341

A DARK GREEN JADE SCEPTER AND A RUSSET AND BEIGE JADE AXE

Estimate
US$5,000 - US$7,000
Price realised:
US$18,750
Auction archive: Lot number 341

A DARK GREEN JADE SCEPTER AND A RUSSET AND BEIGE JADE AXE

Estimate
US$5,000 - US$7,000
Price realised:
US$18,750
Beschreibung:

A DARK GREEN JADE SCEPTER AND A RUSSET AND BEIGE JADE AXE
NEOLITHIC PERIOD/SHANG DYNASTY, CIRCA 2000-1000 BC
A DARK GREEN JADE SCEPTER AND A RUSSET AND BEIGE JADE AXE NEOLITHIC PERIOD/SHANG DYNASTY, CIRCA 2000-1000 BC The thick rectangular scepter tapering slightly towards the haft which is pierced from one side with a single hole situated between a pair of notched projections, the stone of even, dark moss-green tone; the thin axe also of rectangular shape with small perforation at one end opposite the flared, rounded cutting edge, both long edges with a pair of notched flanges, the stone of mottled reddish-tan and milky beige tone with some darker markings at the extremities 7 7/8 and 4 1/8 in. (19.9 and 10.4 cm.) long, two boxes (2)

Auction archive: Lot number 341
Auction:
Datum:
17 Sep 2008
Auction house:
Christie's
17 September 2008, New York, Rockefeller Center
Beschreibung:

A DARK GREEN JADE SCEPTER AND A RUSSET AND BEIGE JADE AXE
NEOLITHIC PERIOD/SHANG DYNASTY, CIRCA 2000-1000 BC
A DARK GREEN JADE SCEPTER AND A RUSSET AND BEIGE JADE AXE NEOLITHIC PERIOD/SHANG DYNASTY, CIRCA 2000-1000 BC The thick rectangular scepter tapering slightly towards the haft which is pierced from one side with a single hole situated between a pair of notched projections, the stone of even, dark moss-green tone; the thin axe also of rectangular shape with small perforation at one end opposite the flared, rounded cutting edge, both long edges with a pair of notched flanges, the stone of mottled reddish-tan and milky beige tone with some darker markings at the extremities 7 7/8 and 4 1/8 in. (19.9 and 10.4 cm.) long, two boxes (2)

Auction archive: Lot number 341
Auction:
Datum:
17 Sep 2008
Auction house:
Christie's
17 September 2008, New York, Rockefeller Center
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