Bronze dagger axe, Eastern Zhou dynasty, China, 6th-early 5th century BC. Artist: Unknown

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Bronze dagger axe with tiger and phoenix design, Eastern Zhou dynasty, China, 6th-early 5th century BC. A bronze dagger axe designed to fit on top of a wooden handle. The short and pointed blade is balanced by a tiger biting the top edge of the blade and holding in its talons the neck and rump of a phoenix squatting on the head of the shaft. The legs of the tiger are decorated with scales, its body with incised swirls.

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Size: 2831px × 2221px
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Photo credit: © The Museum of East Asian Art/Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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