Lot 39. An archaic jade ceremonial blade (Ge) and an arrow head, Shang dynasty; Lenght of arrow head 7.8 cm. Lot Sold 6,600 USD (Estimate 5,000 - 8,000 USD). © Sotheby's 2024

Provenance: Collection of James (1913-1990) and Marilynn (1926-2019) Alsdorf.

Sotheby's New York, 22nd-23rd March 1999, lot 406 (part lot). 

Lot 41. Property from The Junkunc Collection. A miniature green jade ceremonial blade (Ge), Shang dynasty; Lenght 5.5 cm. Lot Sold 5,040 USD (Estimate 4,000 - 9,000 USD). © Sotheby's 2024

Provenance: Nagatani, Inc., Chicago, 1st December 1971.

Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).

Note: Miniature jade blades of this type from the Shang dynasty are recorded in museum and private collections around the world. Compare a jade blade in the Buffalo Museum of Science, Buffalo, exhibited in Ancient Chinese Jades from the Buffalo Museum of Science, China Institute, New York, 1975, cat. no. 14; another in the Peony Collection, included in the exhibition Jades from China, the Museum of East Asian Art, Bath, 1994, cat. no. 76; and two sold in our London rooms, the first, 14th July 1981, lot 2, and the second, 13th December 1983, lot 47.

Sotheby's. Chinese Art, New York, 3 September - 18 September 2024