AN OPENWORK ARCHAIC BRONZE AXE BLADE EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, LATE 6TH - 5TH CENTURY BC the bell-profile blade issuing from the rectangular tang, cast on both sides with a zigzag band at the base and a raised V-shape extending to the plain band at the blade's edge, the sides flanked by sinewy reticulated dragons, pierced in the tang and in the shaft, the patina of mottled russet and pale and olive greens Length 5 1/8 in., 13 cm
AN OPENWORK ARCHAIC BRONZE AXE BLADE EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, LATE 6TH - 5TH CENTURY BC the bell-profile blade issuing from the rectangular tang, cast on both sides with a zigzag band at the base and a raised V-shape extending to the plain band at the blade's edge, the sides flanked by sinewy reticulated dragons, pierced in the tang and in the shaft, the patina of mottled russet and pale and olive greens Length 5 1/8 in., 13 cm
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