A group of five archaic jade bladesProbably Western Zhou Dynasty and later
Comprising: a spinach jade axe blade with gently bevelled edges and typical drill hole to the apex; a cream jade axe blade with flaring edges; a greyish-green handle with traces of calcification; a mottled creamy jade blade with shallow relief decoration; and a curved cream/brown jade pendant plaque in the shape of a two-headed mythical beast.
The first: 12.5cm (4 7/8in) long (5).注脚Provenance: according to the collector's notes,
The spinach axe blade, The jade disc, bi, from Schulman Coin & Mint, Inc., New York, The Howard D. Gibbs Estate, Part III: Coin and Primitive Money. January 26-27, 1971, lot no. 323.

The jade knife acquired from Schulman Coin & Mint, Inc., New York, The Howard D. Gibbs Estate, Part VI: Chinese Jade And The Orient March 20-21, 1972, lot no. 224.

The other two axe blades also thought to have been acquired in New York in circa 1970.