6th Nov, 2023 10:00

Asian Art I 亞洲藝術 I
 
Lot 401
 
Lot 401 - A CHINESE ARCHAIC JADE AXE HEAD, YUE
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A CHINESE ARCHAIC JADE AXE HEAD, YUE
新石器時代 玉鉞

A CHINESE ARCHAIC JADE AXE HEAD, YUE

Neolithic Period

新石器時代 玉鉞

Carved from jade of flat rectangular form with softly bevelled edges, the straight sides subtly flaring towards the gently curved blade edge, pierced through with a large aperture towards the narrow end, the mottled opaque stone of green and russet colour, inclusion and signs of calcification

18cm high, 12cm wide

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PROVENANCE:
The Lowenson Collection, formed during the 1930s-1950s by Max Lowenson (1879-1945), a Cardiff business man born in Latvia;
Thence by descent as stated in a handwritten letter dated 1975;
Property of the Essex Collection of Early Chinese Art, British Private Collection, where some of the collection is now housed in the National Museum of Wales.
來源：
洛文森舊藏，於1930至1950年代由拉脫維亞裔卡迪夫商人馬克斯·洛文森(1879-1945)組成；
此後家族傳承，敘於一1975年信件中；
艾塞克斯早期中國藝術品，英國私人收藏，部份藏品現藏於威爾斯國家博物館。
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REFERENCE:

Salviati Filippo. 4000 Years of Chinese Archaic Jades : The Development of the Jade-Carving Tradition from the Neolithic to the Han Dynasty, p. 80, figs. 88-89;

Comparable example from the Victoria and Albert Museum, collection no. A.65-1936;

See other replated examples of jade axe with similar shapes, see The Complete Collection of Unearthed Jades in China, vol. 7, Beijing, 2005, p.15 and ibid. vol.8 pp. 44, 110 and 137;

So Jenny F and Harvard Art Museums. 2019. Early Chinese Jades in the Harvard Art Museums. Cambridge Mass: Harvard Art Museums, p. 80, fig. 4.

Estimated at £3,000 - £5,000

 

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