NEOLITHIC PERIOD (CIRCA 6500-1700 BC) OR LATER

Details

A JADE CEREMONIAL BLADE, GUI
NEOLITHIC PERIOD (CIRCA 6500-1700 BC) OR LATER
12 11⁄16 in. (32.2 cm.) long

Provenance

Luo Zhenyu Collection (1866-1940)
Riichi Ueno Collection (1848-1919)
Seiichi Ueno Collection (1882-1970)

Literature

The Early Chinese Jades in the Collection of the Late Riichi Ueno, Japan, 1925, pl.1, no.1

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Lot Essay

Compare to a jade ceremonial blade in the Palace Museum, Beijing, dated as Longshan culture, illustrated in Gugong bowuyuan cangpin daxi: yuqi bian [Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Jade], Vol. 1, Beijing, 2011, no.184; and one on p. 247, no.246, dated as Neolithic period, collection number: Xin151152. Compare also an example from the collection of Eskenazi, and comes from late Neolithic period, see Ancient Chinese Jade: From the Neolithic to the Han, London, 2016, no. 18.

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