NEOLITHIC PERIOD (CIRCA 6500-1700 BC) OR LATER

Details

A JADE CEREMONIAL AXE, QI
NEOLITHIC PERIOD (CIRCA 6500-1700 BC) OR LATER
4 9⁄16 in. (10.6 cm.) long

Provenance

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

Literature

Xuetang suocang guqiwutu [Images of Ancient Relics from Luo Zhenyu Collection], 1923, no.25
The Early Chinese Jades in the Collection of the Late Riichi Ueno, Japan, 1925, pl.11, no.19
Treasures of Zhou and Han Dynasties, the Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo, 1932, pl.27, no.3

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Lot Essay

Compare to a larger jade axe housed in the Palace Museum, Taipei, dated as Shang dynasty, collection number: gouyu 000703N; and one of nearly identical size from George and Mary Rockwell collection, dated as Erlitou Culture, now preserved in the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, object number: 88.002.229.

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