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Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Bi disk
9794 BCE – 220 CE
Museum purchase from the collection of Max Loehr
1960/2.96

Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Yue (ceremonial axe)
8973 BCE
Gift of the Estate of Agnes E. Meyer
1971/2.103
A stone carving of a tortoise pendant.
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Animal Pendant, Tortoise
8500 BCE
Gift of Ellen and Richard Laing
2006/2.62
ceremonial jade ge dagger-axe, pointed blade on one end and squared tang for hafting on the other. It was broken and mented in the middle. Traces of cinnabar, red mercury sulfide, remain on the jade surface, indicating it probably came from a Shang elite burial in China. The jade material was probably fire treated to create the bony look. <br />
Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Dagger-axe (Ko)
8400 BCE
Museum purchase from the collection of Max Loehr
1960/2.119

Chinese (Chinese (culture or style))
Yue (ceremonial axe)
7700 BCE
Museum purchase from the collection of Max Loehr
1960/2.121
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