Details AN ARCHAISTIC CELADON JADE CEREMONIAL AXEQING DYNASTY (1644-1911)The axe is carved on one end as the head of an opened-mouth mythical beast, with an aperture through its head between the eyes. The stone is of pale greyish celadon tone with a few areas of white inclusion.5 in. (12.7 cm.) wide Provenance Spink & Son, London, November 1927, as recorded in the RHRP ledgerThe Reginald and Lena Palmer Collection, no. 76 Literature The Oriental Ceramics Society, Exhibition of Chinese Jades, London, 1948, cat. no. 205 Exhibited London, The Oriental Ceramics Society, Exhibition of Chinese Jades, 14 April – 9 June 1948 Conditions of sale