A GREYISH-GREEN JADE AXE
NORTHWEST CHINA, 2ND MILLENNIUM BC
The axe has two large hafting holes each drilled from one side near the tang. Together with a large, flat, olive-green jade axe, Southeast China, 3rd millennium BC, probably reshaped in antiquity, which has a small hole and the remains of a second small hole at the hafting end, and features remnants of numerous cutting marks.
5 3/8 in. (13.5 cm.) high, cloth box
A GREYISH-GREEN JADE AXE
NORTHWEST CHINA, 2ND MILLENNIUM BC
The axe has two large hafting holes each drilled from one side near the tang. Together with a large, flat, olive-green jade axe, Southeast China, 3rd millennium BC, probably reshaped in antiquity, which has a small hole and the remains of a second small hole at the hafting end, and features remnants of numerous cutting marks.
5 3/8 in. (13.5 cm.) high, cloth box
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