Slender Jade Axe
c. 2000 BCE - c. 1400 BCE
Dimensions
H. 13.7 x W. 5.6 x Thickness 0.9 cm (5 3/8 x 2 3/16 x 3/8 in.) Weight 151 g
Provenance
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
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