Period:Neolithic Period Production date:4000BC-2000BC
Materials:jade
Technique:drilled
Dimensions:Length: 16 centimetres Width: 12.40 centimetres
Description:
Flat axe of opaque greyish green stone with mist-like inclusions with a sharp biconical perforation. This irregular shaped axe with a slanting roughly finished butt end has sharpened curved sides which have been chipped leading to a sharp cutting edge.
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Comments:Neolithic period, eastern China, Songze or Liangzhu culture. c.3000BC-2500BC. The cutting edge of this axe is rounded in a rough arc, and the two sides, which are slightly curved, slope inwards towards the irregular sloping top edge. The central hole is sharp and drilled from both sides. The pronounced shape and the choice of a mottled stone are characteristic of axes of the Songze culture. Related examples have come from Beiyinyangying near Nanjing and Huai’an in Jiangsu province. Although by the standards of the fine jade axes and knives such stone axes seem almost rough, the striking stone probably indicates that it was carefully chosen for the purposes of display. The following four axes demonstrate the development of the form in east-coast Neolithic cultures, where similar but neater stone axes were made. See Rawson 1995, p.172, cat.no.10.6. Neolithic. Length 161mm.
Materials:jade
Technique:drilled
Dimensions:Length: 16 centimetres Width: 12.40 centimetres
Description:
Flat axe of opaque greyish green stone with mist-like inclusions with a sharp biconical perforation. This irregular shaped axe with a slanting roughly finished butt end has sharpened curved sides which have been chipped leading to a sharp cutting edge.
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Comments:Neolithic period, eastern China, Songze or Liangzhu culture. c.3000BC-2500BC. The cutting edge of this axe is rounded in a rough arc, and the two sides, which are slightly curved, slope inwards towards the irregular sloping top edge. The central hole is sharp and drilled from both sides. The pronounced shape and the choice of a mottled stone are characteristic of axes of the Songze culture. Related examples have come from Beiyinyangying near Nanjing and Huai’an in Jiangsu province. Although by the standards of the fine jade axes and knives such stone axes seem almost rough, the striking stone probably indicates that it was carefully chosen for the purposes of display. The following four axes demonstrate the development of the form in east-coast Neolithic cultures, where similar but neater stone axes were made. See Rawson 1995, p.172, cat.no.10.6. Neolithic. Length 161mm.
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