AN ARCHAIC DARK GREEN JADE AXE, YUE Neolithic Period, circa 3,000-2,500 BCTHE PROPERTY OF A BRITISH FAMILY英國家族藏品AN ARCHAIC DARK GREEN JADE AXE, YUENeolithic Period, circa 3,000-2,500 BCSmoothly carved of flattened ovoid shape, with curved cutting edge, pierced with a hole at the butt end, the stone of mottled dark green tone with russet streaks. 12.5cm (5in) long.新石器时代 約公元前3,000-2,500 玉鉞Provenance: Roger Keverne Ltd., LondonA British private collectionPublished and Illustrated: Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2007, no.79來源：倫敦古董商 Roger Keverne Ltd.英國私人收藏展覽著錄： R.Keverne, 《冬季展覽》, 倫敦, 2007年, 編號79See a related jade axe of opaque black stone with grey streaks, Neolithic period, in the British Museum, illustrated by J.Rawson, Chinese Jade: From the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, p.171, pl.10:4.Compare with a related dark green jade axe, Neolithic period, which was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 27 November 2019, lot 2717.sold_price_type: £