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This unusual large jade ge blade and a short but wide tang with traces of cinnabar. The edge and surface of this halberd has calcified. The tang with rows of parallel ridged grooves, a form of decoration derived from the pattern of metal sections seen on Erlitou bronze blades. A large hole on the blade and another smaller one on the tang, were drilled from the same side. The unfinished carved line on this halberd, particularly the triangular shape in the middle, suggests that it was in the process of being altered into a different object. Large halberds such as this one are very unusual Shang tomb objects and might have appeared near the chest of the deceased
History note: Bought from Gutmann, June 1934
Length: 32 cm
Width: 18.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1946) by Raphael, Oscar C.
Accession number: O.21-1946
Primary reference Number: 167858
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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