A group of three archaic jades,Neolithic period - Shang dynasty新石器時代至商 玉璧、玉牙璧及玉鉞一組三件the notched disc and the axe head with original handwritten documentation from Prof. Max Loehr11.8 to 13.7 cm来源: Bi disc, 11.8 cm:Collection of Prof. Max Loehr (1903-88).A Swedish private collection, acquired directly from the above.Eskenazi Ltd, London.Notched disc, 12.7 cm:Collection of Prof. Max Loehr (1903-88), acquired in Beijing, February 1943 (according to his notes).Eskenazi Ltd, London.Axe head, 13.7 cm:Collection of Prof. Max Loehr (1903-88), acquired in Beijing, January 1944 (according to his notes).Eskenazi Ltd, London.玉璧：羅樾教授（1903-88年）收藏瑞典私人收藏，直接購自上述來源埃斯卡納齊，倫敦玉牙璧：羅樾教授（1903-88年）收藏，1943年2月購於北京（據其筆記記錄）埃斯卡納齊，倫敦玉鉞：羅樾教授（1903-88年）收藏，1944年1月購於北京（據其筆記記錄）埃斯卡納齊，倫敦拍品专文: The notched disc and axe head were acquired by Professor Max Loehr in Peking (Beijing) in the 1940s. It was his habit at the time to make a drawing of each new acquisition and to record the provenance and full descriptive details.For comparables of the bi disc, see three late Neolithic examples in the Taipei Palace Museum, illustrated in A Catalogue of the Palace Museum's Special Exhibition of Circular Jades, Taipei, 1995, cat. nos 10, 11 and 14, with the first two examples attributed to the Qijia culture.