† A LARGE GREEN JADE BLADE, ZHANG, LATE NEOLITHIC PERIOD, QIJIA CULTURE

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† A LARGE GREEN JADE BLADE, ZHANG, LATE NEOLITHIC PERIOD, QIJIA CULTURE Expert authentication: Dr. Gu Fang has examined the present lot and confirms its authenticity and the dating above, noting the style of cutting, workmanship, thickness and quality of stone with decomposed areas indicating burial all suggest a 2100-1600 BC dating. He assessed it as a piece of notably good quality. A signed and notarized copy of Dr. Gu's expertise, dated 22 December 2020, accompanies this lot. Dr. Gu Fang (born 1962) is an internationally renowned scholar of Chinese art and a leading authority on jades. He graduated from the Department of Archaeology at the prestigious Beijing University in 1986 and later studied at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), where he now serves as a Senior Fellow specializing in archaeological excavations and Chinese jade research. A former visiting scholar at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, he has authored several books on Chinese jades, including the 15-volume The Complete Collection of Jades Unearthed in China (2007), one of the most comprehensive studies of its kind, as well as Chinese Jade: The Spiritual and Cultural Significance of Jade in China (2012). China, 2100-1600 BC. The blade spreading and tapering in thickness towards the straight, asymmetrical end that is gently beveled. The tang, with a slightly concave side, flanked by a pair of small flanges and pierced with a small central aperture, drilled from one side. The semi-translucent stone of a light green tone with icy-white mottles, cloudy inclusions, and one russet patch to the back. Dimensions: Length 25.8 cm Literature comparison: Compare a related brownish green jade forked blade, zhang, late Neolithic period, Longshan culture, dated c. 2000-1700 BC, 29 cm long, in the Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art, accession number F1916.494. Compare a related dark green jade forked blade, zhang, late Neolithic period or early Shang dynasty, dated c. 1600-1400 BC, 33.7 cm long, in the Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art, accession number F1916.369. Compare two further related jade blades, zhang, late Neolithic period, dated c. 2000-1700 BC, illustrated in: Filippo Salviati, 400 Years of Chinese Archaic Jades, Zacke, Vienna, 2017, p. 121, 123, no. 138, 140. Auction result comparison: Type: Related Auction: Christie’s New York, 18 March 2009, lot 276 Price: USD 25,000 or approx. EUR 32,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing Expert remark: Compare the related form and manner of carving. Note the similar size (27.3 cm). 13% VAT will be added to the hammer price additional to the buyer's premium - only for buyers within the EU.

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