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Bronze dagger axe with tiger and phoenix design
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Bronze dagger axe with tiger and phoenix design
Bronze dagger axe with tiger and phoenix design
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Bronze dagger axe with tiger and phoenix design Eastern Zhou dynasty (6th-early 5th century BC)
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Bronze dagger axe with tiger and phoenix design
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BATEA : 232
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weapon
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metal; bronze; Zhou; weapon; dagger; axe; tiger; phoenix; animal; bird; Spring and Autumn
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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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bronze
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fairThe object was conserved by Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre in 2014
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greenish grey
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14.2 cm
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6.4 cm
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600 BC = 475 BC
Production period
Spring and Autumn
Production place
China
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