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CHINESE ARCHAIC STYLE CARVED HARDSTONE PLAQUE

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Ottawa, Ontario, CA

CHINESE SCHOOL (20TH CENTURY / ARCHAISTIC STYLE) CARVED DARK GREEN HARDSTONE OR NEPHRITE JADE RITUAL BLADE (YUE) OR CEREMONIAL PLAQUE WORKED IN A NEOLITHIC OR HONGSHAN / LIANGZHU REVIVAL STYLE, FEATURING ARTIFICIAL CALCIFICATION AND EARTH INCLUSIONS TO SIMULATE AN EXCAVATED PATINA THE UPPER SECTION PIERCED WITH A STYLIZED TAOTIE MASK OR DEITY FACE, OVER TWO…

MACLEAN & ASSOCIATES INC
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Location
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Item description:

CHINESE SCHOOL (20TH CENTURY / ARCHAISTIC STYLE)
CARVED DARK GREEN HARDSTONE OR NEPHRITE JADE RITUAL BLADE (YUE) OR CEREMONIAL PLAQUE
WORKED IN A NEOLITHIC OR HONGSHAN / LIANGZHU REVIVAL STYLE, FEATURING ARTIFICIAL CALCIFICATION AND EARTH INCLUSIONS TO SIMULATE AN EXCAVATED PATINA
THE UPPER SECTION PIERCED WITH A STYLIZED TAOTIE MASK OR DEITY FACE, OVER TWO LARGE CIRCULAR APERTURES
THE REVERSE INCISED WITH AN ARCHAIC SCRIPT OR PSEUDO-CHARACTER MOTIF
APPROX. 11.75 IN HIGH, 7.75 IN WIDE