Title: Axe
Object type: Axe
Date: 13th–12th century BCE
Culture: China
Period: Shang dynasty (ca. 1600–1046 BCE)
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: H. 11 in. (27.9 cm); L. 6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm)
Classification: Metalwork
Credit line: Purchase, Arthur M. Sackler Gift, Bequest of Dorothy Graham Bennet, and Ann Eden Woodward Foundation Gift, 1976
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY