A jade axe section, Neolithic period, possibly Liangzhu culture | 新石器時代或為良渚文化 玉斧
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A jade axe section, Neolithic period, possibly Liangzhu cultꦆure
新石器時代或為良渚文化 玉斧
of rounded r🔯ectangular form, with a hole towards one end, the stone calcified to an opaque creamy colour with grey flecks, a deep groove running the length of the stone
Length 14.7 cm, 5¾ in.
Luen Chai Curios, Hong Kong, 14th September 1988.
聯齋古玩號，香港，1988年9月14日
Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jade from the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, pl. 10:11.
羅森，《Chinese 💟Jade from the Neolithic to the Qಌing》，倫敦，1995年，圖版10:11