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Axe

1122–255 B.C.
Object PlaceChina
Medium/TechniqueJade
Dimensions.119 long .061 wide at edge
Credit LineChinese and Japanese Special Fund
Accession number12.916
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsRitual objects
Collections
ProvenanceBought by Mr. Okakura in Peking, May 1912
Blade
206 B.C.–A.D. 220
Ornament
206 B.C.–A.D. 220
Blade (zhang)
12th century B.C.
206 B.C.–A.D. 221 (?)
1122–255 (?) B.C.
1122–255 B.C.
1122–255 (?) B.C.
Short Ritual Implement (Yue)
late 3rd millennium B.C.
1122–255 B.C.
1122–255 (?) B.C.
Round Ritual Implement (Bi)
14th–13th century B.C.