Lot 749 A celadon jade axe, yue, Neolithic period | 新石器時代 青玉鉞

A celadon jade axe, yue, Neolithic period | 新石器時代 青玉鉞

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A celadon jade axe, yue
Neolithic period
新石器時代 青玉鉞
l. 17.8 cm
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说明：Four closely comparable jade blades are known. One is preserved in the Fogg Museum, Cambridge (accession no. 1943.50.96), donated by Grenville L. Winthrop in 1943, illustrated in Max Loehr, Ancient Chinese Jades from the Grenville L. Winthrop Collection in the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1975, pl. 345; the second, from the Drummond Collection, is in the American Museum of Natural History, New York (accession no. 70.3/3015), and published in Minao Hayashi, Yang Meili trans., Zhongguo guyu yanjiu [Studies of Ancient Chinese Jades], Taipei, 1997, p. 317, fig. 6-68; the third, from the Guennol Collection, was sold in our New York rooms, 22nd March 2023, lot 525; and the fourth, from the collection of Gustav Heinrich Ralph von Koenigswald (1902-1982), acquired in Beijing circa 1939, was sold in our New York rooms, 18th September 2024, lot 35. Although the Winthrop and Drummond jades are both oriented horizontally with three apertures, in terms of stone colour and natural markings they bear a remarkable resemblance to the present blade and the two recently auctioned examples, possibly indicating that all five works originated from the same stone.
目前所知，有四件與本品極近之玉例。其一現藏美國劍橋哈佛大學福格藝術博物館（館藏編號1943.50.96），1943年由美國律師溫索浦遺贈，並見著錄於羅樾，《Ancient Chinese Jades from the Grenville L. Winthrop Collection in the Fogg Art Museum》，劍橋，1975年，圖版345；其二原屬 Drummond 收藏，後被捐予紐約自然歷史博物館（館藏編號70.3/3015），錄於林巳奈夫，楊美莉譯，《中國古玉研究》，台北，1997年，頁317，圖6-68；第三例出自 Guennol 收藏，2023年3月22日售於紐約蘇富比，拍品525；第四例曾為 Gustav Heinrich Ralph von Koenigswald（1902-1982年）收藏，約1939年購於北京，後於紐約蘇富比2024年9月18日售出，拍品35。溫索浦及 Drummond 收藏之兩例雖均為三孔玉刀制式，惟就玉料色澤及天然紋理觀之，與本品及近年拍賣之兩例均極為相近，極可能同出一塊玉料。