AN ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL AXE-HEAD (YUE) SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH / 11TH CENTURY BC the wide flattened blade flaring towards the curved cutting edge, both sides cast in shallow relief with two confronted kuilong between two rectangular holes and a semi-ovoid mouth with fangs, the haft pierced with a circular hole and decorated with taotie masks in thread-relief incorporating the pictograph for zi (son), the gray-green patina with areas of malachite encrustation, metal stand (2) Height 10 3/8 in., 16.4 cm
AN ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL AXE-HEAD (YUE) SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH / 11TH CENTURY BC the wide flattened blade flaring towards the curved cutting edge, both sides cast in shallow relief with two confronted kuilong between two rectangular holes and a semi-ovoid mouth with fangs, the haft pierced with a circular hole and decorated with taotie masks in thread-relief incorporating the pictograph for zi (son), the gray-green patina with areas of malachite encrustation, metal stand (2) Height 10 3/8 in., 16.4 cm
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