Bidspirit auction | Southeast Asian Jade 'Quadrangular Adze',

Southeast Asian Jade 'Quadrangular Adze', Phung Nguyen Culture 2500-1400BCE - Southeast Asia, Vietnam, the Red River Delta and neighboring regions, probably North Vietnam / Chinese jade mines 'Quadrangular' Adze, Phung Nguyen Culture 2500 - 1400 BCE. Polished brown or reddish black jade carved with a flat base and sharpened top section. Size 5 1/4” L For exceptional comparative material and examples of forms and style see the published work ”Burnished Beauty, The Art of Stone in Early Southeast Asia” by White Orchid Books pg. 29-30. Ex-San Francisco Collection, Ex-Member of the Ethnic Arts Council (Los Angeles)