Description: Chinese Mottled Jade Blade
Neolithic Period
Of dark green color with lighter mottling overall and opaque grayish white alteration, the thin blade of tapering rectangular shape ending in a beveled cutting edge, drilled with a single hole.
Length 5 1/2 inches.
Provenance:
Christie's, Hong Kong, October 2, 1991, lot 1271
Property from a Private Collection, Doyle, March 17, 2009, lot 67
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