CHINESE SCHOOL (20TH CENTURY / ARCHAISTIC STYLE)
LARGE CARVED RITUAL BLADE OR AXE (YUE) IN MOTTLED WHITE AND RUST-BROWN HARDSTONE OR MARBLE
WORKED IN A NEOLITHIC REVIVAL STYLE, THE FLAT TRAPEZOIDAL FORM PIERCED WITH TWO CIRCULAR APERTURES TO THE UPPER SECTION
THE SURFACE DECORATED IN SHALLOW RELIEF WITH A STYLIZED DEITY MASK (TAOTIE) AND GEOMETRIC SCROLLING MOTIFS
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CHINESE ARCHAISTIC CARVED HARDSTONE BLADE
CHINESE SCHOOL (20TH CENTURY / ARCHAISTIC STYLE) LARGE CARVED RITUAL BLADE OR AXE (YUE) IN MOTTLED WHITE AND RUST-BROWN HARDSTONE OR MARBLE WORKED IN A NEOLITHIC REVIVAL STYLE, THE FLAT TRAPEZOIDAL FORM PIERCED WITH TWO CIRCULAR APERTURES TO THE UPPER SECTION THE SURFACE DECORATED IN SHALLOW RELIEF WITH A STYLIZED DEITY MASK (TAOTIE) AND GEOMETRIC…