AN EARLY JADE GE AND AN EARLY JADE AXE
NEOLITHIC/EARLY SHANG DYNASTY, 4TH-2ND MILLENIUM BC
AN EARLY JADE GE AND AN EARLY JADE AXE NEOLITHIC/EARLY SHANG DYNASTY, 4TH-2ND MILLENIUM BC The ge with median rib on both sides interrupted by a single hole drilled from both sides, the edges of the blade beveled, the stone now opaque and of pale buff color; the axe with two holes, one drilled from both sides the other from one side, the stone now opaque and of mottled ivory and pale mottled russet color; together with a dark mottled greenish-brown stone axe with single hole, late Neolithic/early Shang dynasty; and a blackish jade dao blade fragment with single hole and recarved at one end 8, 4 7/8, 7½ and 7¾ in. (20.3, 12.4, 19 and 19.7 cm.), wood box (4)
AN EARLY JADE GE AND AN EARLY JADE AXE
NEOLITHIC/EARLY SHANG DYNASTY, 4TH-2ND MILLENIUM BC
AN EARLY JADE GE AND AN EARLY JADE AXE NEOLITHIC/EARLY SHANG DYNASTY, 4TH-2ND MILLENIUM BC The ge with median rib on both sides interrupted by a single hole drilled from both sides, the edges of the blade beveled, the stone now opaque and of pale buff color; the axe with two holes, one drilled from both sides the other from one side, the stone now opaque and of mottled ivory and pale mottled russet color; together with a dark mottled greenish-brown stone axe with single hole, late Neolithic/early Shang dynasty; and a blackish jade dao blade fragment with single hole and recarved at one end 8, 4 7/8, 7½ and 7¾ in. (20.3, 12.4, 19 and 19.7 cm.), wood box (4)
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