A GREENISH-YELLOW JADE AXE BLADE, YUENeolithic Period Of flattened rectangular form flaring at the rounded blade, pierced with a circular aperture to the upper section, the stone of greenish-yellow tone with russet flecks and inclusions. 16.1cm (6 5/16in) long.Footnotes新石器時代 玉鉞 Provenance: an Asian private collection Roger Keverne Ltd., London, December 2007 A distinguished English private collection Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2007, no.78 來源：亞洲私人收藏 倫敦古董商Roger Keverne Ltd.，2007年12月 英國顯赫私人收藏 展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2007年，編號78 Compare with a related jade axe illustrated by Roger Keverne Ltd., Jade, London, 1991, p.55, fig.11. See also a related jade axe, Neolithic period, Liangzhu Culture, illustrated by A.Forsyth and B.McElney, Jades from China, Bath, 1994, p.130, no.34. See a further related but smaller jade axe, Neolithic period, formerly in the Chang Wei-Hwa collection, which was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 27 November 2019, lot 2740.
A GREENISH-YELLOW JADE AXE BLADE, YUENeolithic Period Of flattened rectangular form flaring at the rounded blade, pierced with a circular aperture to the upper section, the stone of greenish-yellow tone with russet flecks and inclusions. 16.1cm (6 5/16in) long.Footnotes新石器時代 玉鉞 Provenance: an Asian private collection Roger Keverne Ltd., London, December 2007 A distinguished English private collection Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2007, no.78 來源：亞洲私人收藏 倫敦古董商Roger Keverne Ltd.，2007年12月 英國顯赫私人收藏 展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2007年，編號78 Compare with a related jade axe illustrated by Roger Keverne Ltd., Jade, London, 1991, p.55, fig.11. See also a related jade axe, Neolithic period, Liangzhu Culture, illustrated by A.Forsyth and B.McElney, Jades from China, Bath, 1994, p.130, no.34. See a further related but smaller jade axe, Neolithic period, formerly in the Chang Wei-Hwa collection, which was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 27 November 2019, lot 2740.
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