NEOLITHIC PERIOD, QIJIA CULTURE, CIRCA 2050 -1700 BC

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A GREYISH-GREEN JADE BLADE, DAO
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, QIJIA CULTURE, CIRCA 2050 -1700 BC
The thinly polished blade with a sharp, straight knife edge, gently curved along the top and flaring slightly at the sides, the top and the notched side drilled with four fastening holes, the softly polished stone of mottled greyish-green tone with an area of brown inclusion
14 5/8 in. (37.2 cm.) long, box

Provenance

Baron and Baroness von Oertzen Collection

Literature

S. Howard Hansford, Jade - Essence of Hills and Streams, Johannesburg, 1969, no. A35, p. 42

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Lot Essay

This blade has a very thin cutting edge which is worn, indicating that it could have actually been used in a ritual for cutting. A very similar knife is in the Winthrop Collection, illustrated by Loehr in Ancient Chinese Jades, Harvard University, Massachusetts, 1975, no. 211, p. 165.

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