AN IMPORTANT AND VERY RARE TURQUOISE-INLAID AND JADE-INSET BRONZE AXE, QI SHANG DYNASTY, C. 1600-1046 BC With a gently curved cutting edge and long notched sides, the thin jade blade is pierced with two holes and connected to the bronze socket cast with an openwork taotie mask below the plain nei with a hole and the butt with a turquoise-inlaid taotie mask. 8 1/8 in. (21 cm.) long, box Provenance John Sparks, London Chen’s Curios Co., Taipei Lantien Shanfang Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1991
AN IMPORTANT AND VERY RARE TURQUOISE-INLAID AND JADE-INSET BRONZE AXE, QI SHANG DYNASTY, C. 1600-1046 BC With a gently curved cutting edge and long notched sides, the thin jade blade is pierced with two holes and connected to the bronze socket cast with an openwork taotie mask below the plain nei with a hole and the butt with a turquoise-inlaid taotie mask. 8 1/8 in. (21 cm.) long, box Provenance John Sparks, London Chen’s Curios Co., Taipei Lantien Shanfang Collection, acquired in Taipei in 1991
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