Four jade ceremonial axe heads, yue. Probably Neolithic period (6500-1700 BC) - image-1

Lot 608 Dα

Four jade ceremonial axe heads, yue. Probably Neolithic period (6500-1700 BC)

Auction 1101 - overview Cologne
09.12.2017, 11:00 - Art from China, Tibet, and Nepal I: Highlights
Estimate: 1.500 € - 2.000 €
Result: 4.464 € (incl. premium)
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Four jade ceremonial axe heads, yue. Probably Neolithic period (6500-1700 BC)

Four jade axe heads (yue), each with a drilled hole and the striking end gently tapered. a) With a crouching mythological animal in low relief; b and c) undecorated and finely polished; d) engraved with the neolithic symbols yi feng. Box. (4)
Length a) 14.2 cm; b) 13.8 cm; c) 10.2 cm; d) 11.6 cm

可能為新石器時代 玉鏚四件
來源：德國古人类学學家和地質學家Prof. G.H.R. von Koenigswald （1902 - 1982年）私人收藏

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Prof. G.H.R. von Koenigswald (1902 - 1982), palaeontologist and geologist