A JADE AXE BLADE, YUE; AND A SQUARE PLAQUE DISC The blade Zhou Dynasty; the plaque Neolithic Period/Shang Dynasty (3)A JADE AXE BLADE, YUE; AND A SQUARE PLAQUE DISCThe blade Zhou Dynasty; the plaque Neolithic Period/Shang DynastyThe blade of trapezoidal form gently flaring outwards, with two pairs of toothed notches on the edges, both sides incised with geometric patterns, with a circular hole pierced to the upper section, the stone of greenish tone with russet inclusions, 12.8cm (5in) long; and with a square disc plaque, pierced with a circular aperture to the centre, the stone of mottled-brown tone, box, 6.2cm (2 7/16in) long. (3).周 玉戚 及新石器時代或商 石斧Provenance: David David-Weill, Paris (the axe blade)Sotheby's Paris, 16 December 2015, lot 33 (the axe blade)Roger Keverne Ltd., London (the plaque)A distinguished English private collectionPublished, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2001, no.76 (the plaque)來源：法國巴黎David David-Weill舊藏（玉戚）巴黎蘇富比，「尚古彌珍-威爾中國古代藝術品珍藏」專場拍賣，2015年12月16日，拍品編號33（玉戚）倫敦古董商Roger Keverne Ltd.（石斧）英國顯赫私人收藏展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，倫敦，2001年，編號76（石斧）David David-Weill (1871–1952) was a French-American banker, chairman of Lazard Frères in Paris. He was born in San Francisco in 1871 to a prominent family of French bankers. It was after the family returned to France in 1884 and during an extended tour of European museums that David David-Weill developed what was to become a life-long passion for the arts. He was in many ways a true visionary who began collecting Chinese art long before its aesthetics became known to a wider audience in the West. With a discerning eye for quality and rarity and with a tremendous curiosity about the objects he acquired, he formed one of the most important collections of early Chinese art in France. During his lifetime he donated many pieces to the Musee Guimet, the Louvre and the Musee des Arts Decoratifs in Paris while also supporting the acquisition of other important works of art for these museums.See a related jade axe-blade, Neolithic period, in the collection of the National Museum of History, Taipei, illustrated by J.Johnston and Chan Lai Pik, 5,000 Years of Chinese Jade, Taipei, 2011, no.9