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Axe

1766–1045 BCE

China, Shang dynasty

(c. 1600–c. 1046 BCE)
bronze
Overall: 21.2 x 14.2 cm (8 3/8 x 5 9/16 in.)
Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1937.27
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 (Janurary 1938): 4-6 Reproduced: front cover; Mentioned p. 5 www.jstor.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 797 archive.org
    Lee, Sherman E. A History of Far Eastern Art. New York: H.N. Abrams, 1964. Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 36, pl. 21
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 244 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 244 archive.org
    Lanciott, Lionello. "Armi e armature cinesi," In Armi E Armature Asiatiche: Introduzione Di Giuseppe Tucci Presidente dell’Istituto Italiano per Il Medio Ed Estremo Oriente. Milano: Bramante Editrice, 1974. Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 154, fig. 136
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 324 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991. Reproduced: p. 5 archive.org
  • Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco, CA (1939).
    Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (1938).
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