A GREEN JADE ‘TIGER’ CEREMONIAL AXE, YUE
A GREEN JADE ‘TIGER’ CEREMONIAL AXE, YUE

NEOLITHIC PERIOD, POSSIBLY MID-LATE LONGSHAN CULTURE, CIRCA 2100-1600 BC

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A GREEN JADE ‘TIGER’ CEREMONIAL AXE, YUE
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, POSSIBLY MID-LATE LONGSHAN CULTURE, CIRCA 2100-1600 BC
The thinly carved blade flares towards a curved cutting edge gently beveled on both sides. It is vividly incised to one side with the profile of a tiger and a deity wearing a boat shaped hat. The motif continues around the edges to the reverse, depicting the tiger’s body and tail.
6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm.) high, box
来源
The Yangdetang Collection, Taipei, acquired prior to 1995
出版
Teng Shu-p’ing, Collectors Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, Taipei, 1995, pl. 15
展览
National Palace Museum, Collectors Exhibition of Archaic Chinese Jades, Taipei, 1995, Catalogue, pl. 15

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