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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE UK COLLECTION
A CEREMONIAL OPAQUE CREAMY CARAMEL-TONED JADE BLADE

SHANG DYNASTY (1600-1100 BC)

    Price Realised GBP 7,500
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    GBP 1,000 - GBP 3,000
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    A CEREMONIAL OPAQUE CREAMY CARAMEL-TONED JADE BLADE

    SHANG DYNASTY (1600-1100 BC)

    Price Realised GBP 7,500
    Price Realised GBP 7,500
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    The blade is in the form of a ge-dagger axe with bevelled edges to both sides and pierced to one end with a hole. The stone is of a mottled creamy stone with darker brown and grey veins and inclusions.
    8.1/8 in. (20.3 cm.) long


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    Private UK Collection, acquired at Phillips London, 18 December 1996, lot 147.
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