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SEVEN BRONZE DAGGER-AXE BLADES, GEChina, late Shang – early Zhou dynasty

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SEVEN BRONZE DAGGER-AXE BLADES, GE
China, late Shang – early Zhou dynasty



30,5 cm the largest

Provenance : Fabrizio Savi collection, acquired from Anthony J. Allen, Auckland, New Zealand, between 995 and 2000.
The dagger-axe has been for many centuries the most important of the weapons available to the Chinese army. It consists of a double blade inserted trought the tang on a wooden stick, and had devastating effects especially when handled by a man on a charriot.

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