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Title: Jade cong cylinder with low relief design
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Physical Description: jade cylinder with square shaped exterior and round interior, shallow relief carver on each side, possible representing zoomorphic designs that have been worn off. Dark jade material with many striations and mottles. Come in custom-designed silk box enclosed in a fine hardwood box. The inscription on wooden box indicates that the object was once part of the Duan Fang collection in late 19th century. Duan Fang was a Manchu stateman and reknowned antiquarian. His inscription date the object to the Zhou period. Recent archaeological work suggests that the object was probably made in the late 3rd millennium B.C.E. and remained in circulation by Shang period of the late 2nd millennium B.C.E.
Century: 13th-11th century BCE
Object Creation Date: 1300 BCE - 1100 BCE
Accession Number: 1971/2.102
Medium and Support: dark green nephrite with white streaks
relevance: rank 15.25222

Title: Ge (ceremonial dagger-axe)
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Physical Description: ceremonial bronze ge dagger-axe, with pointed blade on one end and zoomorphic tang of stylized bird motif on the other.
Century: 13th-11th century BCE
Object Creation Date: circa 1300 BCE - circa 1100 BCE
Accession Number: 1996/2.19
Medium and Support: cast bronze with malachite patina
relevance: rank 15.25222

Title: Dragon pendant
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Physical Description: Highly stylized depiction of dragon design with tiger head, lower right portion broken off
Century: 13th-11th century BCE
Object Creation Date: circa 1300 BCE - circa 1100 BCE
Accession Number: 1960/2.113
Medium and Support: dark brown hard stone with white calcification
relevance: rank 15.25222

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