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THREE JADE BLADES, SHANG DYNASTY (1600-1100BC)
the first of a deep green tone with areas of creamy alteration to the stone, of flattened broadening form with a slightly concave cutting edge, drill hole to slender end; a creamy beige toned altered blade, of wide flattened form with pointed tip, bevelling to its wide surface, with incised end detailing and large drill hole to the tang; a brownish green toned blade with patches of creamy toned alteration to the stone, the broad blade with bevelled edges, three drill holes and a partial drill hole to flattened end -- the first, 7in. (7.7cm.) wide. (3)
the first of a deep green tone with areas of creamy alteration to the stone, of flattened broadening form with a slightly concave cutting edge, drill hole to slender end; a creamy beige toned altered blade, of wide flattened form with pointed tip, bevelling to its wide surface, with incised end detailing and large drill hole to the tang; a brownish green toned blade with patches of creamy toned alteration to the stone, the broad blade with bevelled edges, three drill holes and a partial drill hole to flattened end -- the first, 7in. (7.7cm.) wide. (3)
Provenance
First: Acquired prior to 1966; Second: C.T. Loo & Co., New York. Frank Caro, New York, 1964; Third: Acquired prior to 1966.
Exhibited
Second: 4000 Years of Chinese Art, Wandsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut, November 1958; C.T. Loo & Co., An Exhibition of Chinese Archaic Jades, at Norton Gallery of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida, 20 January - 1 March 1950, pl. VIII, no. 1, illustrated.
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