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Property from the Jacob and Mary Stein Collection
A MOTTLED GREENISH-GREY AND DARK BROWN JADE AXE
NEOLITHIC PERIOD OR SHANG DYNASTY, CIRCA 2000-1600 BC
Details
A MOTTLED GREENISH-GREY AND DARK BROWN JADE AXE
NEOLITHIC PERIOD OR SHANG DYNASTY, CIRCA 2000-1600 BC
The thick blade flares towards the softly beveled cutting edge, and has a biconical hafting hole, and a smaller conical hole drilled at the opposite butt end where the corners are rounded. The pale greenish-grey areas of the stone are semi-translucent while the dark brown areas are opaque.
6¼ in. (16 cm.) long, metal stand
NEOLITHIC PERIOD OR SHANG DYNASTY, CIRCA 2000-1600 BC
The thick blade flares towards the softly beveled cutting edge, and has a biconical hafting hole, and a smaller conical hole drilled at the opposite butt end where the corners are rounded. The pale greenish-grey areas of the stone are semi-translucent while the dark brown areas are opaque.
6¼ in. (16 cm.) long, metal stand
Provenance
China House of Arts, New York, 1987.
Exhibited
Cincinnati, Ohio, Cincinnati Art Museum, Art on the Market: Selections of Antiquities and Oriental Art, 2 December 1987 - 3 January 1988.
Cincinnati, Ohio, The Taft Museum, Cincinnati Collects 5000 Years of Chinese Art, 28 February - 20 April 1997, no. 1.
Cincinnati, Ohio, The Taft Museum, Cincinnati Collects 5000 Years of Chinese Art, 28 February - 20 April 1997, no. 1.
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