ceremonial blade

Lot 201. Property from a Hawai private collection. A rare archaic dark green jade ceremonial blade (Yazhang), Late Neolithic period. Length 34.5 cm. Estimate 5,000 - 8,000 USD. Lot Sold 19,050 USD. © Sotheby's 2023 Provenance: E&J Frankel, New York, 1980-81. Note: See a closely related jade blade of a slightly smaller size, attributed to the Neolithic period, Shimao culture, Shaanxi province, in the Palace Museum, Beijing, published on the Museum's website (accession no. 新00125945).... [Lire la suite]

Lot 153. A ceremonial jade blade, Neolithic period, ca. 2500-2000 BC. Length 34 cm, 13⅜ in. Lot sold: 37,800 GBP (Estimate: 20,000 - 30,000 GBP). © 2022 Sotheby's. carved from caramel-coloured stone with lighter and darker veins, with a large hole towards the narrow end and smaller hole near the upper edge. Provenance: R.H. Ellsworth, New York, 1April 1988. Literature: Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, pl. 10:20. Note: This... [Lire la suite]

Lot 151. A jade ceremonial blade, Neolithic period; 26.1 by 5.3 cm. Lot sold: 277,200 HKD (Estimate: 200,000 - 300,000 HKD). © Sotheby's 2022 the blade with a straight upper edge, the short sides with soft rounded ends and sloping towards a gently curved cutting edge, bevelled on both sides, drilled with two oblong perforations along the upper edge, the softly polished stone of a dark mottled olive-green tone. Provenance: Collection of A.W. Bahr (1877-1959), Weybridge.R.H. Ellsworth Ltd, New... [Lire la suite]

Lot 114. A jade ceremonial blade, Late Shang-Western Zhou dynasty; 33 by 5.6 cm. Lot sold: 2,142,000 HKD (Estimate: 400,000 - 600,000 HKD). © Sotheby's 2022 the long and slightly convex blade flaring gently towards the straight bevelled edge, drilled with a perforation at the tang and another smaller perforation off-centre on the blade, the opaque green stone with brown mottling. Provenance: Collection of Mr and Mrs Richard C. Bull.Sotheby's New York, 6th December 1983, lot... [Lire la suite]

Lot 112. A jade ceremonial blade, ge, Shang - Western Zhou dynasty (c. 1500-771 BC); 14.5 cm. Lot sold: 730,800 HKD (Estimate: 100,000 - 150,000 HKD). © Sotheby's 2022 the thin blade with bevelled edges and a shallow medial ridge, gently tapering to a curved tip, the tang pierced with an aperture for hafting, the softly polished stone of a warm attractive beige tone. Provenance: Collection of Mr and Mrs Richard C. Bull.Sotheby's New York, 6th December 1983, lot 162. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1. A large Neolithic jade ceremonial blade, Neolithic period (4th-2nd millenium BC); 31.5cm (12 3/8in) long. Sold for 25 000 €. Photo Fabrice Gousset. Of tapering rectangular form, terminating in a pointed blade end, the finely polished stone of dark grey-green hue with rich creamy russet mottled inclusions, a neatly cut circular aperture to the upper section. Provenance: Robert Rousset, Paris (1901-1981), acquired prior to 1935.Jean-Pierre Rousset, Paris (1936-2021). Note: Jade ge of the Xia, Shang... [Lire la suite]

Lot 139. A small beige jade ceremonial blade (Ge), Shang dynasty. Length 2⅜ in., 6.1 cm. Estimate:2,500 - 3,500 USD. Lot sold: 6,930 USD. © Sothebys. Provenance: Collection of Dr Wou Kiuan (1910-1997). Wou Lien-Pai Museum, 1968-present, coll. no. E.3.6 10. Sotheby's. A Journey Through China's History. The Dr Wou Kiuan Collection Part 1, New York, 22 March 2022

Lot 138. A pale green jade ceremonial blade (Ge), Shang dynasty. Length 3⅝ in., 9.2 cm. Estimate:4,000 - 6,000 USD. Lot sold: 6,300 USD.  © Sothebys. Provenance: Collection of Dr Wou Kiuan (1910-1997). Wou Lien-Pai Museum, 1968-present, coll. no. E.3.6. Sotheby's. A Journey Through China's History. The Dr Wou Kiuan Collection Part 1, New York, 22 March 2022

Lot 37. An extremely rare inscribed brown jade ceremonial blade (Zhang), Neolithic period. Length 14¾ in., 37.5 cm. Estimate: 50,000 - 70,000 USD. Lot sold: 52,920 USD. © Sothebys. one side later carved with a sixteen-character inscription reading wei ri X wang zai X ling wang sheng nan X X bao nan ling X. Provenance: Collection of Wou Kiuan (1910-1997). Wou Lien-Pai Museum, 1968-present, coll. no. E.3.26. Note: Enigmatic... [Lire la suite]

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