AN EXCEPTIONAL AND RARE ARCHAIC GREEN JADE CEREMONIAL BLADE (GE) SHANG DYNASTY
thinly carved with the elongated yuan extending to a gently tapered tip, with a beveled edge on one side, the end finely incised with a band of lozenge patterns between triple lines, the nei pierced with an aperture and carved at the end with five grooves forming the teeth, the softly polished stone of a pale green tone with a distinctive band of opaque white calcification
Length 12 1/8 in., 30.8 cm
Provenance:
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).
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thinly carved with the elongated yuan extending to a gently tapered tip, with a beveled edge on one side, the end finely incised with a band of lozenge patterns between triple lines, the nei pierced with an aperture and carved at the end with five grooves forming the teeth, the softly polished stone of a pale green tone with a distinctive band of opaque white calcification
Length 12 1/8 in., 30.8 cm
Provenance:
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).
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