A RARE TURQUOISE-INLAID BRONZE AND JADE GE HALBERD BLADE
LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 13TH-11TH CENTURY BC
A RARE TURQUOISE-INLAID BRONZE AND JADE GE HALBERD BLADE LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 13TH-11TH CENTURY BC The mottled greyish-green jade blade, which is now opaque, has beveled edges and a tiny hole. It issues from a bronze handle inlaid on each side with a turquoise-inlaid rectangular panel of a stylized taotie mask below the hafting bar. There is a hole in the plain nei , and another taotie mask inlaid at the end. There is blue-green encrustation and azurite encrustation on the blade. 8½ in. (21.6 cm.) long
A RARE TURQUOISE-INLAID BRONZE AND JADE GE HALBERD BLADE
LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 13TH-11TH CENTURY BC
A RARE TURQUOISE-INLAID BRONZE AND JADE GE HALBERD BLADE LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 13TH-11TH CENTURY BC The mottled greyish-green jade blade, which is now opaque, has beveled edges and a tiny hole. It issues from a bronze handle inlaid on each side with a turquoise-inlaid rectangular panel of a stylized taotie mask below the hafting bar. There is a hole in the plain nei , and another taotie mask inlaid at the end. There is blue-green encrustation and azurite encrustation on the blade. 8½ in. (21.6 cm.) long
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