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Axe (<em>fu</em> 斧)
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Axe (<em>fu</em> 斧)

ca. 3300-2250 BCE · Jade (nephrite)

From the collection of National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler). Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Implement; axe head shape, of the type fu 斧 or yueh [yue] 鉞; slightly rounded blade edge, large circular perforation bored from both sides leaving median ridge, semicircular boring with median ridge on upper edge; mottled, translucent, bluish green and russet browns, reverse has profuse earth incrustations. (Corners chipped.)

National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler)’s own description
Credit lineAxe (<em>fu</em> 斧). ca. 3300-2250 BCE. National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler), Gift of Charles Lang Freer. CC0.

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