A SMALL JADE GE-HALBERD BLADE
WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, C. 1100-771 BC
The jade is thinly carved with a long blade with three ridges on each side, tapering asymmetrically to a tip, with a hole pierced below the narrower tang which extends to a slightly diagonal butt edge.
3 ½ in. (8.5 cm.) long, box
来源
Lantien Shanfang Collection, acquired in Macau in 1988
拍品专文
The edge of the present ge is slightly concave. Compare to a similarly shaped ge, excavated from Yu state tomb, illustrated in Yuguo Jade Wares, Beijing, 2010, pl. BRM1yi:68, p.15.