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Small Jade Dagger-Axe

Small Jade Dagger-Axe

Chinese

Opaque, creamy buff nephrite, the surface of which is polished perfectly smooth and shiny

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

Ritual Implements