Lot 703. A dark blackish-grey stone axe, Neolithic period, Liangzhu culture, 4th-3rd millenium BC; 6 1⁄2 in. (16.5 cm.) high, cloth box. Estimate USD 4,000 - USD 6,000. Unsold. © Christie's 2022

The thick axe with rounded, curved edges has a hafting hole drilled from both sides, and the stone is of a blackish-grey color with areas of brown and russet mottling. 

Provenance: Galaxie Art (B. K. Wong), Hong Kong, 24 November 1984.

Christie's. Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, New York, 25 march 2022