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Polished carved jade formed into the shaft of an axe with a broken blade

Ceremonial Shafted Jade Axe with Fragmentary Blade

Chinese

Opaque bluish-green nephrite with fine black veins and light brown markings

Shang dynasty, c. 1600-c. 1050 BCE

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