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Document identity
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116683
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Axe
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object
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1
Source metadata
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116683
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object
title
Axe
date
1766–1045 BCE
citation
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CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q80010990
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Metalwork
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 21.2 x 14.2 cm (8 3/8 x 5 9/16 in.)
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China, Shang dynasty (c. 1600–c. 1046 BCE)
accession
1937.27
Source extras
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bronze
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Axe, 1766–1045 BCE. China, Shang dynasty (c. 1600–c. 1046 BCE). Bronze; overall: 21.2 x 14.2 cm (8 3/8 x 5 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward L. Whittemore Fund, 1937.27
collection
China - Shang Dynasty
citations
citation
Hollis, Howard. "Two Early Chinese Bronzes." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>25, no. 1 (Janurary 1938): 4-6
page_number
Reproduced: front cover; Mentioned p. 5
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 797
citation
Lee, Sherman E. <em>A History of Far Eastern Art</em>. New York: H.N. Abrams, 1964.
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Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 36, pl. 21
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
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Reproduced: p. 244
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 244
citation
Lanciott, Lionello. "Armi e armature cinesi," In <em>Armi E Armature Asiatiche: Introduzione Di Giuseppe Tucci Presidente dell’Istituto Italiano per Il Medio Ed Estremo Oriente</em>. Milano: Bramante Editrice, 1974.
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Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 154, fig. 136
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 324
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 5
creditline
Edward L. Whittemore Fund
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2026-05-29 06:04:33.473000
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116683
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Chinese Art
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China - Shang Dynasty
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bronze
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