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LATE SHANG/EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 11TH CENTURY BC
Details
A PALE GREENISH JADE AXE, FU
LATE SHANG/EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 11TH CENTURY BC
The blade flaring outwards at the tapered and curved cutting edge, the long edges with two pairs of notched flanges and the hafting end with a hole drilled from both sides, the semi-translucent stone of soft sea-green color with some opaque white and pale russet inclusions
4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm.) long
LATE SHANG/EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 11TH CENTURY BC
The blade flaring outwards at the tapered and curved cutting edge, the long edges with two pairs of notched flanges and the hafting end with a hole drilled from both sides, the semi-translucent stone of soft sea-green color with some opaque white and pale russet inclusions
4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm.) long
Provenance
A.W. Bahr Collection, Weybridge, 1963.
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