LOT # 11041
ARCHAIC JADE CARVED 'CLEAVER' ORNAMENT
商 玉七孔刀
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Estimated Price:
$2000 - $3000
Shang Dynasty period.
The archaic jade carved ornament is of flattened rectangular form in the shape of a cleaver's edge, with seven small holes on the top row, the jade is of black and white color tone with stone veins. 玉呈青黃色，玉中含有藻狀條紋斑。器呈長條形，一端略寬，一端窄而似柄。下側有刃，較為鋒利，由兩面磨成；刀背較平直，一端有一穿孔，全身共七孔。玉璋在《周禮，考工記》中有“大璋亦如之，諸侯以聘女”的記載。《周禮•考工記》又載：“大璋，中璋九寸，邊璋七寸，射四寸，天子以巡守。”說明玉璋還是天子巡狩的時候祭祀山川的器物。
Estimated Price:
$2000 - $3000
Shang Dynasty period.
The archaic jade carved ornament is of flattened rectangular form in the shape of a cleaver's edge, with seven small holes on the top row, the jade is of black and white color tone with stone veins. 玉呈青黃色，玉中含有藻狀條紋斑。器呈長條形，一端略寬，一端窄而似柄。下側有刃，較為鋒利，由兩面磨成；刀背較平直，一端有一穿孔，全身共七孔。玉璋在《周禮，考工記》中有“大璋亦如之，諸侯以聘女”的記載。《周禮•考工記》又載：“大璋，中璋九寸，邊璋七寸，射四寸，天子以巡守。”說明玉璋還是天子巡狩的時候祭祀山川的器物。