5 janvier 2021
Three hardstone axes, Southeast China, 4th-3rd millennium BC
Lot 13. Three hardstone axes, Southeast China, 4th-3rd millennium BC; The larger, 57⁄8 in. (15 cm.) long, cloth boxes. Estimate USD 3,000 - USD 5,000. Price Realised USD 1,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2020
The group comprises a pale beige axe with pale grey patches, and a buff brown axe with grey mottling, each with a hafting hole and tapered towards the cutting edge, and a pale green hardstone axe, 3rd millennium BC, Liangzhu culture.
Please note this lot is the property of a private individual.
Provenance: The Irving Collection, New York, by 1987.
Christie's. Art of China. Including Property from the Irving Collection. 18 Nov - 9 Dec 2020
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