CHINESE ARCHAISTIC CARVED HARDSTONE BLADE

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Ottawa, Ontario, CA

CHINESE SCHOOL (20TH CENTURY / ARCHAISTIC STYLE) LARGE CARVED DARK GREEN AND MOTTLED BROWN HARDSTONE OR NEPHRITE JADE RITUAL BLADE OR SCEPTER (GUI) WORKED IN A NEOLITHIC REVIVAL STYLE, THE UPPER SECTION SURMOUNTED BY A HORNED DEITY OR TAOTIE MASK ABOVE A SHAPED APERTURE AND RIBBED HORIZONTAL BANDING THE BROAD FLAT BLADE INCISED TO ONE…

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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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CHINESE SCHOOL (20TH CENTURY / ARCHAISTIC STYLE)
LARGE CARVED DARK GREEN AND MOTTLED BROWN HARDSTONE OR NEPHRITE JADE RITUAL BLADE OR SCEPTER (GUI)
WORKED IN A NEOLITHIC REVIVAL STYLE, THE UPPER SECTION SURMOUNTED BY A HORNED DEITY OR TAOTIE MASK ABOVE A SHAPED APERTURE AND RIBBED HORIZONTAL BANDING
THE BROAD FLAT BLADE INCISED TO ONE SIDE WITH A STYLIZED ARCHAIC MOTIF
APPROX. 14 IN LONG