A SPINACH-GREEN JADE AXE HEAD
A SPINACH-GREEN JADE AXE HEAD

NEOLITHIC PERIOD (6500 -1700 BC)

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A SPINACH-GREEN JADE AXE HEAD
NEOLITHIC PERIOD (6500 -1700 BC)
The slightly flaring axe head has a chamfered cutting edge with a hafting hole to the upper section. The stone is of a spinach-green tone with cloudy white and russet flecks and inclusions.
7 1/8 in. (18 cm.) long
Provenance
With Densmore, Paris, 1947.
From the Collection of Henri Michel (1885-1981) and then by descent.

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