NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH-3RD MILLENNIUM BC

A stone axe of similar shape, described as carved from "shale", from the Liangzhu site at Fanshan, near Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, is illustrated in a line drawing in Wenwu, 1988, No. 1, p. 8, fig. 10:7, and described on p. 7.