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Showing results for "1600 BCE - 1100 BCE" in Object Creation Date.
- Title
- Cong (Ts'ung)?
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Century
- 15th-11th century BCE
- Object Creation Date
- 1600 BCE - 1100 BCE
- Accession Number
- 1971/2.99
- Medium and Support
- jade
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Dagger-axe (Ko)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- 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.
- Century
- 16th-12th century BCE
- Object Creation Date
- 1600 BCE - 1100 BCE
- Accession Number
- 1960/2.119
- Medium and Support
- heat-treated jade
- relevance
- rank 0.00000
- Title
- Ge (halberd)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- the ceremonial degger-axe replicate in jade a common bronze weapon of the Shang dynasty called ge. It has a wide blade with a sharp point at one end and a plain, rectangular tang on the other.
- Object Creation Date
- 1600 BCE - 1100 BCE
- Accession Number
- 1960/2.110A&B
- Medium and Support
- green nephrite with mottling
- relevance
- rank 0.00000