A calcified jade ceremonial flanged axe, qi, Late Shang dynasty...
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A calcified jade ceremonial flanged axe, qi,
Late Shang dynasty
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商末 玉戚
13.8 cm
Condition Report:
Overall very good condition with occasional minute nicks to the edges and surface scratches; all consistent with its age. Traces of cinnabar and accretion. Attractive patina.
Catalogue Note:
Many small jade axes have been recovered from late Shang sites at Anyang, among them several in the tomb of Fu Hao, ca. 1200 BC, compare Yinxu yuqi [Jades from Yinxu], Beijing, 1982, pl. 25. The small hole indicates that such axes were fastened to a bronze shaft or handle as illustrated by surviving examples, compare a very similar example from the Pillsbury Collection, published in Na Chih-Liang, Chinese Jades: Archaic and Modern, Minneapolis, 1977, pp. 52-53, pl. 15. See another small jade axe of similar elongated form from the Luboshez Collection, illustrated in Harriet McNamee, Chinese Art from the Luboshez Collection, Maryland, 1972, pp. 40-41, pl. 14 and fig. 19.
安陽殷墟遺址出土大量玉戚，其中若干重光自婦好墓，可溯至商末公元前十二世紀，可見《殷墟玉器》，北京，1982年，圖版25。由戚身小孔可推知，玉戚曾以青銅軸桿為柄，有現存例為證，如一例，Pillsbury 雅藏，錄那志良，《Chinese Jades: Archaic and Modern》，明尼阿波利斯，1977年，頁52-53，圖版15。另比一戚，亦呈長方形，Luboshez 寶蓄，錄 Harriet McNamee，《Chinese Art from the Luboshez Collection》，馬里蘭，1972年，頁40-41，圖版14及圖19。
Provenance:
Collection of David David-Weill (1871-1952), Paris, coll. no. D.W. 3292.
Sotheby's Paris, 16th December 2015, lot 11.
大維威爾（1871-1952年）收藏，巴黎，收藏編號 D.W. 3292
巴黎蘇富比2015年12月16日，編號11
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A calcified jade ceremonial flanged axe, qi,
Late Shang dynasty
顯赫收藏
商末 玉戚
13.8 cm
Condition Report:
Overall very good condition with occasional minute nicks to the edges and surface scratches; all consistent with its age. Traces of cinnabar and accretion. Attractive patina.
Catalogue Note:
Many small jade axes have been recovered from late Shang sites at Anyang, among them several in the tomb of Fu Hao, ca. 1200 BC, compare Yinxu yuqi [Jades from Yinxu], Beijing, 1982, pl. 25. The small hole indicates that such axes were fastened to a bronze shaft or handle as illustrated by surviving examples, compare a very similar example from the Pillsbury Collection, published in Na Chih-Liang, Chinese Jades: Archaic and Modern, Minneapolis, 1977, pp. 52-53, pl. 15. See another small jade axe of similar elongated form from the Luboshez Collection, illustrated in Harriet McNamee, Chinese Art from the Luboshez Collection, Maryland, 1972, pp. 40-41, pl. 14 and fig. 19.
安陽殷墟遺址出土大量玉戚，其中若干重光自婦好墓，可溯至商末公元前十二世紀，可見《殷墟玉器》，北京，1982年，圖版25。由戚身小孔可推知，玉戚曾以青銅軸桿為柄，有現存例為證，如一例，Pillsbury 雅藏，錄那志良，《Chinese Jades: Archaic and Modern》，明尼阿波利斯，1977年，頁52-53，圖版15。另比一戚，亦呈長方形，Luboshez 寶蓄，錄 Harriet McNamee，《Chinese Art from the Luboshez Collection》，馬里蘭，1972年，頁40-41，圖版14及圖19。
Provenance:
Collection of David David-Weill (1871-1952), Paris, coll. no. D.W. 3292.
Sotheby's Paris, 16th December 2015, lot 11.
大維威爾（1871-1952年）收藏，巴黎，收藏編號 D.W. 3292
巴黎蘇富比2015年12月16日，編號11
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