Brea, California, United States
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Variety auction featuring pieces priced to move. Wide variety of Asian pieces including Chinese porcelain, stone and metal. Nice old Persian examples. Jewelry just in time for the holidays. Gems, minerals and meteorites. Arms and armour including a large group of ex-Higgins Museum armour parts. This auction's got something for everyone.
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LOT 19:
Southeast Asian 'Shouldered Adze', Mai Pha Culture 3000-2000BCE
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Start price:
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425
Estimated price :
$900 - $1,800
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Southeast Asian 'Shouldered Adze', Mai Pha Culture 3000-2000BCE
Southeast Asia, Vietnam, The Red River Delta and Neighboring Regions, probably Thailand and Laos 'Shouldered Adze' stone, Late-Neolithic Period probably Mai Pha Culture 3000 - 2000BCE. Carved from a creamy yellow-brown sandstone. Flat carved to one side with the primary side having a tapered top section roughly 3" down from the tip horizontally. Size: 8 3/8" 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.
Ex-San Francisco Area Collection, Ex-Member of the Ethnic Arts Council (Los Angeles), Ex-American Doctor Acquired in Vietnam from (Hill Tribes)
