Lot 8. A small calcified jade blade, Western Zhou Dynasty (1050-771 BC); 12cm (4 5/8in) long. Estimate HK$ 100,000-200,000. Sold for HK$ 150,000 (€ 17,835). Photo: Bonhams.

Carved with a hilt and a notched blade with deep triangular grooves in the design of fish scales, the stone of yellow-buff tone with brown areas.

Note: A pale green jade blade with related notched triangular edges, also dated Western Zhou, in the Luoyang Museum, Henan, is illustrated in The Pictorial Handbook of Ancient Chinese Jades, Beijing, 2007, p.124. Another similarly carved jade handle, dated Shang to Han dynasty, in the Grenville L. Winthrop collection, is in the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, accession no.1943.50.119.

Bonhams. The Sze Yuan Tang Collection of Chinese Jades, Hong Kong, 5 April 2016