A LARGE DARK GREEN JADE CEREMONIAL REAPING KNIFE LONGSHAN CULTURE, CIRCA 2500-2000 BC The jade is very thinly carved in a trapezoidal shape. The blade has one long slightly concave side opposite a straight cutting edge that is bevelled on both sides. It is drilled with three equidistant holes in a line below the upper edge and with another hole toward one end. The stone is of a variegated dark olive colour with white streaks and mottling. 19 7/8 in. (50.8 cm.) long, box Provenance Lantien Shanfang Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1991
A LARGE DARK GREEN JADE CEREMONIAL REAPING KNIFE LONGSHAN CULTURE, CIRCA 2500-2000 BC The jade is very thinly carved in a trapezoidal shape. The blade has one long slightly concave side opposite a straight cutting edge that is bevelled on both sides. It is drilled with three equidistant holes in a line below the upper edge and with another hole toward one end. The stone is of a variegated dark olive colour with white streaks and mottling. 19 7/8 in. (50.8 cm.) long, box Provenance Lantien Shanfang Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1991
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