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Large Jade Dagger-Axe with Projecting Shoulders

Large Jade Dagger-Axe with Projecting Shoulders

Chinese

Opaque stone, mottled bluish gray and whitish, with adherences of soil

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

Ritual Implements