Detail View: National Palace English: Bronze Yue axe with semi-circular blade, tubular shaft ring and seven holes
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Work ID:
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M01B00051
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Title:
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Bronze Yue axe with semi-circular blade, tubular shaft ring and seven holes
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Creation Date:
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Late Shang and Early Zhou Dynasty
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Start Year Date:
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B.C.1321
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End Year Date:
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B.C.950
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Dynasty:
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05 Shang Dynasty (c. 1600 ~1100 B.C.)
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Dynasty:
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06 Zhou Dynasty (c. 1100 ~ 256 B.C.)
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Creation Place:
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China
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Measurements:
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Height: 18.7 cm; Weight: 700g
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Material:
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Bronze
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Form:
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Yue (axe)
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Type:
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Bronzes
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Repository:
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The National Palace Museum, Taipei
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Description:
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The whole axe is composed of a 18.7 cm long shaft ring and a semi-circular blade. On one end the circumference is twice as large as the other, which is possibly intended to keep the wooden shaft in place. The wooden shaft here is probably a Qing court addition, since the original would have long corroded. The ornamentations on this yue axe are even more exceptional. They are concentrated on the tubular shaft ring. There are three bands of decor, and in between them are two segments of dot patterns and teeth patterns. At the back of the shaft ring are three protuberances. If we look carefully along the lines in which they run, the seam from the cast is evident. Similar geometrical patterns are often used also on gong (bows) in the late Shang. Although this sort of gong-shaped weapon is also seen in Anyang, scholars have attributed its origin to the north.
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ImageV ID:
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M01B00051AS002
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Rights:
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Lee & Lee Communications
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