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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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Trapezoidal axe (fu 斧 or yueh [yue] 鉞); beveled blade and conical perforation; one surface mottled reddish browns with silvery film of decomposition; opposite surface cream gray coating with reddish area along blade. (Corners and edges chipped.)

National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler)’s own description
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Ceremonial objects
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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