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TWO JADE HAND TOOLS
NORTHWEST CHINA, NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 2ND MILLENNIUM BC
One a fragment with original cutting marks on both sides, and a bevel on one side of the cutting edge, the semi-translucent white stone with opaque areas of dark brown and ivory color; the other a thick, narrow chisel tapering to the cutting edge, with a cutting mark on one side, the opaque stone of ivory color with some brown veins and faint russet color, has satiny polish
4 5/8 and 6 ½ in. (11.9 and 16.6 cm.) long

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