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Ge (Dagger-Axe)

c. 1600–1050 BCE

China, Shang dynasty

(c. 1600–c. 1046 BCE)
bronze, inlaid with turquoise
Overall: 40.3 cm (15 7/8 in.)
Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1937.25
Location: Not on view
  • ?–1937
    (Mme Paul [Marguerite] Mallon [d. 1977], New York, NY, and Paris, France, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1937–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Hollis, Howard. "Two Early Chinese Bronzes." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 25, no. 1 (January 1938): 4–6. Mentioned: p. 6; Reproduced: p. 19 www.jstor.org
    Wilson, J. Keith. "Lithic Art in the Bronze Age: A Jade Dagger-Axe." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 77, no. 1 (1990): 2–35. Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 22 www.jstor.org
  • Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (1938).
  • {{cite web|title=Ge (Dagger-Axe)|url=false|author=|year=c. 1600–1050 BCE|access-date=21 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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