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JADE CARVINGS
PROPERTY FROM A PENNSYLVANIA COLLECTION
A Mottled White and Buff Jade Axe Head
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, POSSIBLY LONGSHAN CULTURE, CIRCA 2800-1500 BC
Details
A Mottled White and Buff Jade Axe Head
Neolithic period, possibly Longshan culture, circa 2800-1500 BC
The thick slightly flared rectangular blade pierced from one side with a single hole for attachment and tapered at the haft and at the slightly curved cutting edge, the white stone with opaque white, buff and russet alteration from burial and with satiny patina
8¼in. (20.9cm.) long, box
Neolithic period, possibly Longshan culture, circa 2800-1500 BC
The thick slightly flared rectangular blade pierced from one side with a single hole for attachment and tapered at the haft and at the slightly curved cutting edge, the white stone with opaque white, buff and russet alteration from burial and with satiny patina
8¼in. (20.9cm.) long, box
Provenance
Professor Emil Balla, Marburg, Germany.
Literature
M. Feddersen, Chinesisches Kunstgewerbe, Berlin, 1939, p. 137, pl. 128.
Exhibited
Temporary loan: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1955.