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anonymous: Dagger-axe (ge) with dragons  wikidata:Q117351352 reasonator:Q117351352
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Dagger-axe (ge) with dragons Edit this at Wikidata
title QS:P1476,en:"Dagger-axe (ge) with dragons Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Len,"Dagger-axe (ge) with dragons Edit this at Wikidata"
Object type ge / ceremonial weapon Edit this at Wikidata
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English: Dagger-axe (ge) with dragons. Early Anyang period, Late Shang dynasty; ca. 1300-1200 B.C.E.; Bronze with turquoise inlay; H x W: 9.6 x 41.1 cm (3 3/4 x 16 3/16 in); Purchase.

Tiny turquoise mosaics define the coiled dragons, with beaked head, three-clawed paw, and spiraling tail, on the projecting tang of this dagger-axe. X-radiographs of this object reveals it was assembled from different pieces that might not have belonged together originally and were pinned and soldered in place in modern times. These repairs explain the disorderly areas of turquoise inlay (from Smithsonian site

Freer Gallery of Art F1950.9
Date Circa 1300-1200 BCE
Medium bronze and turquoise Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 10.5 cm Edit this at Wikidata; width: 41 cm Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+10.5U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+41U174728
institution QS:P195,Q1075126
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Place of creation Shang dynasty Edit this at Wikidata
Place of discovery Yinxu Edit this at Wikidata
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Source/Photographer https://asia.si.edu/object/F1950.9/

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Dagger-axe (ge) with dragons. Early Anyang period, Late Shang dynasty, ca. 1300-1200 BCE. Freer Gallery of Art F1950.9

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