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FOUR SMALL JADE AXES AND BLADE FRAGMENTS
CHINA, NEOLITHIC PERIOD (CIRCA 6500-1700 BC)
One a variegated brownish-olive jade axe with hafting hole drilled from one side, finely polished; one a variegated dark olive and black jade fragment of an axe with hafting hole drilled from both sides; one a variegated dark-grey jade axe with areas of buff alteration, the hafting hole drilled from one side; and a dark mottled green jade blade fragment, with rounded cutting edge and two holes
and two hafting holes
2 5/8 to 3 5/8 in. (6.6 to 9 cm.) long

Provenance
The Collection of Robert H. Ellsworth, New York, before 2000.
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