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Axe (<em>fu</em> 斧) by Charles Lang Freer, Duanfang, Xiaoxi You — VisualArtsDB

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Ceremonial object
Axe (<em>fu</em> 斧)

Axe (<em>fu</em> 斧)

Axe (<em>fu</em> 斧)

Charles Lang Freer Duanfang Xiaoxi You

2000

Medium: Stone (metasomatic rock)
Genre: Ceremonial object
Museum: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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Ceremonial Object

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Chinese ArtjadeArtLate Neolithic period (ca. 5000 - ca. 1700 BCE)Charles Lang Freer collection

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Reportedly excavated at Luoyang, Henan [1]

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