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Chinese Jades from the Ralph Wanger Collection

An archaic gray jade arrowhead, Shang dynasty

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September 16, 01:00 PM GMT

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4,000 - 6,000 USD

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Description

Length 2¾ in., 7 cm

Collection of Cheng Te-k'un (1908-2001).

Bluett & Sons Ltd., London.

Chinese Jades from the Mu-Fei Collection, Bluett & Sons Ltd., 1990, cat. no. 4.

Cheng Te-k'un, 'The Carving of Jade in the Shang Period', Transactions of the Oriental Ceramic Society, vol. 29, London, 1954, pl. 2 (5).

Cheng Te-k'un, Shang China, Cambridge, 1960, pl. XIV.