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Axe-shaped ornament by Charles Lang Freer, Xiaoxi You — VisualArtsDB

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Jewelry and ornament
Axe-shaped ornament

Axe-shaped ornament

Axe-shaped ornament

Charles Lang Freer Xiaoxi You

1790

Medium: Jade (nephrite)
Genre: Jewelry and ornament
Museum: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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Jewelry and Ornament

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nephriteChinese ArtanimalsQing dynasty (1644 - 1911)birdsArtcarvingCharles Lang Freer collection

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Reportedly excavated in Shensi [1]

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