Juliette Hammer
Sale Coordinator
Lot 101
A JADE BLADE, DAO Neolithic Period
15 May 2025, 11:30 BST
London, New Bond Street£2,000 - £3,000
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Chen Xie
Specialist
Edward Luper
Specialist, Chinese Works of Art
Lazarus Halstead
Head of Chinese and Asian Art, London
A JADE BLADE, DAO
Neolithic Period
Of trapezoid shape, tapering towards the upper section, pierced with three apertures, flaring towards the cutting edge, the stone of a creamy white tone with russet patches. 20cm (7 7/8in) long.
Of trapezoid shape, tapering towards the upper section, pierced with three apertures, flaring towards the cutting edge, the stone of a creamy white tone with russet patches. 20cm (7 7/8in) long.
Footnotes
新石器時期 三孔玉刀
See a related jade blade similarly drilled with the holes from one side as the present lot, Neolithic period, illustrated by J.Rawson, Chinese Jade: from the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, p.186, pl.10:18. Compare with a related jade blade, Neolithic period, excavated from Qianshan, Anhui Province, in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in the Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Jade, vol.1, Beijing, 2011, pl.53, p.94. See also a related jade axe, Neolithic period, illustrated in Jade Wares Stored by Xi'an Cultures Relics Administration Board, Xi'an, 1992, p.12. Another jade knife with three perforations, late Neolithic age, unearthed from the tomb of Bi Yuan at Linyan Mountain, Wu County, Jiangsu Province in 1970, is illustrated in Gu yu zhi mei, Taipei, 1993, no.8.
Compare with a related jade blade, Neolithic period, which was sold at Bonhams London, 18 May 2023, lot 4.