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Jade Dagger-Axe with Grooved Shoulders

Jade Dagger-Axe with Grooved Shoulders

Chinese

Creamy white nephrite, clouded with light gray, beginning to decompose at the now blunted point of the blade

Shang dynasty, c. 1600-c. 1050 BCE

Ritual Implements