ID 395632
Lot 1731 | A GREYISH-GREEN JADE AXE
Estimate value
$ 6 000 – 8 000
NORTHWEST CHINA, 2ND MILLENNIUM BC
The axe has two large hafting holes each drilled from one side near the tang. Together with a large, flat, olive-green jade axe, Southeast China, 3rd millennium BC, probably reshaped in antiquity, which has a small hole and the remains of a second small hole at the hafting end, and features remnants of numerous cutting marks.
5 3/8 in. (13.5 cm.) high, cloth box
| Applied technique: | Wood carving |
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| Medium: | Jade |
| Applied technique: | Wood carving |
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| Medium: | Jade |
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