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Miniature Notched Jade Axe

Miniature Notched Jade Axe

Chinese

Originally olive-brown nephrite, now strongly calcified and partly decomposed

Shang dynasty (c. 1600-c. 1050 BCE) to Western Zhou period (c. 1050-771 BCE)

Ritual Implements