A RARE TURQUOISE-INLAID BRONZE SHAFT-RING AXE
EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 11TH-10TH CENTURY BC
A RARE TURQUOISE-INLAID BRONZE SHAFT-RING AXE EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 11TH-10TH CENTURY BC The broad blade with slightly curved edges flaring at the rounded cutting edge, both sides cast in shallow relief with three horizontal ribs pierced with three holes with raised rims, the shaft ring of lenticular section with a single rib and the flared tang inlaid with turquoise tesserae on one side with a horse with bent foreleg and on the reverse with an angular scroll motif, the center rib on one side with a single graph, with brownish-grey patina and pale green encrustation 7½ in. (19.2 cm.) long
A RARE TURQUOISE-INLAID BRONZE SHAFT-RING AXE
EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 11TH-10TH CENTURY BC
A RARE TURQUOISE-INLAID BRONZE SHAFT-RING AXE EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 11TH-10TH CENTURY BC The broad blade with slightly curved edges flaring at the rounded cutting edge, both sides cast in shallow relief with three horizontal ribs pierced with three holes with raised rims, the shaft ring of lenticular section with a single rib and the flared tang inlaid with turquoise tesserae on one side with a horse with bent foreleg and on the reverse with an angular scroll motif, the center rib on one side with a single graph, with brownish-grey patina and pale green encrustation 7½ in. (19.2 cm.) long
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