A rare jade dagger-axe in a turquoise-inlaid bronze haft, Shang...
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A rare jade dagger-axe in a turquoise-inlaid bronze haft,
Shang dynasty, Anyang period
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商代安陽時期 嵌綠松石青銅柄玉戈
26.7 cm
Condition Report:
The jade blade: in overall good condition for its age and type, with expected minor frits to the edges. The bronze handle: the hafting bar heavily corroded with missing turquoise inlay as can be seen on illustrations. There is a restoration to the hafting bar, and the jade blade probably has been reattached to the bar. X-ray available on request.
玉戈：總體品相良好，邊沿輕微磕碰。銅柄：如圖可見，銅欄侵蝕情況明顯，且部分綠松石鑲嵌已失。玉戈可能曾經重接。可提供銅柄X光片。
Catalogue Note:
The Shang produced a variety of weapons, primarily made of bronze and jade, sometimes made of bone, shells and other types of stones. Among these, the most exceptional and rare are the ones made of jade with bronze handles, such as the present piece. The visual appeal of this ge would be striking, with the golden sheen of the bronze contrasting against the vivid aqua blue of the turquoise and the luminous and smoothly polished jade. A wide range of dagger-axes in various forms have been discovered at Anyang, and this particular type, with a flat tang, was prevalent during the early phases of the late Shang dynasty. See a related example of comparable size housed in the Shanghai Museum; a smaller example, with much of the turquoise inlay gone, from the Grenville L. Winthrop Collection in the Fogg Art Museum (accession no. 1943.51.7); and another from the collection of the Hon. Hugh Scott, sold twice in our rooms, first in our New York rooms, 7th December 1983, lot 37; then again in these rooms, 22nd April 2021, lot 46. Compare also a slightly smaller example, from the collection of Baron and Baroness von Oertzen, sold twice at Christie's London, 4th November 2008, lot 117 and 3rd November 2020, lot 1.
Provenance:
Collection of the Estate of Charlotte B. McKim, Palm Beach, Florida.
Sotheby Parke Bernet New York, 2nd November 1979, lot 16.
Charlotte B. McKim 承產收藏，棕櫚灘，佛羅里達州
紐約蘇富比1979年11月2日，編號16
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Property from the Collection of Quincy Chuang
A rare jade dagger-axe in a turquoise-inlaid bronze haft,
Shang dynasty, Anyang period
莊貴侖收藏
商代安陽時期 嵌綠松石青銅柄玉戈
26.7 cm
Condition Report:
The jade blade: in overall good condition for its age and type, with expected minor frits to the edges. The bronze handle: the hafting bar heavily corroded with missing turquoise inlay as can be seen on illustrations. There is a restoration to the hafting bar, and the jade blade probably has been reattached to the bar. X-ray available on request.
玉戈：總體品相良好，邊沿輕微磕碰。銅柄：如圖可見，銅欄侵蝕情況明顯，且部分綠松石鑲嵌已失。玉戈可能曾經重接。可提供銅柄X光片。
Catalogue Note:
The Shang produced a variety of weapons, primarily made of bronze and jade, sometimes made of bone, shells and other types of stones. Among these, the most exceptional and rare are the ones made of jade with bronze handles, such as the present piece. The visual appeal of this ge would be striking, with the golden sheen of the bronze contrasting against the vivid aqua blue of the turquoise and the luminous and smoothly polished jade. A wide range of dagger-axes in various forms have been discovered at Anyang, and this particular type, with a flat tang, was prevalent during the early phases of the late Shang dynasty. See a related example of comparable size housed in the Shanghai Museum; a smaller example, with much of the turquoise inlay gone, from the Grenville L. Winthrop Collection in the Fogg Art Museum (accession no. 1943.51.7); and another from the collection of the Hon. Hugh Scott, sold twice in our rooms, first in our New York rooms, 7th December 1983, lot 37; then again in these rooms, 22nd April 2021, lot 46. Compare also a slightly smaller example, from the collection of Baron and Baroness von Oertzen, sold twice at Christie's London, 4th November 2008, lot 117 and 3rd November 2020, lot 1.
Provenance:
Collection of the Estate of Charlotte B. McKim, Palm Beach, Florida.
Sotheby Parke Bernet New York, 2nd November 1979, lot 16.
Charlotte B. McKim 承產收藏，棕櫚灘，佛羅里達州
紐約蘇富比1979年11月2日，編號16
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