A DARK GREEN JADE ADZE

SHANG DYNASTY, C. 1600-1046 BC

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A DARK GREEN JADE ADZE
SHANG DYNASTY, C. 1600-1046 BC
The heavy adze is carved with a slightly domed surface on both sides with a beveled cutting edge on one end opposite to a short rectangular hafting bar above a hole pierced from both sides. The stone has a pine green tone with lighter green and white veining.
10 5/8 in. (27 cm.) long, box

Provenance

Acquired in Hong Kong in 1992

Lot Essay

Compare to a celadon and russet jade adze with flattened rather than domed surfaces excavated from the tomb of the Shang queen Fu Hao at Yinxu, Anyang, Henan province, illustrated in The Jades from Yinxu, Beijing, 1981, no. 26 (919).

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