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 an aperture towards the narrow end, the mottled opaque stone of very dark green colour, inclusion and signs of calcification

14cm high, 8.5cm wide

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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.

A similar example can be found in the collection of the National Palace Museum in Taipei, "Jingtian gewu, Zhongguo lidai yuqi daodu" (Art in Quest of Heaven and Truth, a Guide to Chinese Jades Through the Ages), National Palace Museum, Taipei, 2011, p. 45, fig. 4-3-5a;

Another comparable piece is featured in Rawson. Jessica. Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, p. 21, fig. 5b.

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