Period:Unknown Production date:3000BC-2500BC
Materials:stone
Technique:polished
Dimensions:Height: 13.20 centimetres Length: 13.30 centimetres Width: 9.50 centimetres (max)
Description:
Stone axe with rounded blade and mottled grey colour. Made of polished stone. The hole was drilled with a rotating drill from both sides.
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![图片[1]-axe BM-1991-0223.2-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Unknown/43/mid_00301067_001.jpg)
Comments:Rawson 1995:Early stone axes have a thickish solid body, often lens-shaped in section, though later Neolithic blades in jade are thinner, and often of a more or less even thickness. At this stage the thinness, which may have been a product of the technique of cutting boulders into thin slices and/or of a wish to make economical use of the stone, was exploited to demonstrate the virtuosity of the carver, and hence the power of the patron to command expert workmanship.Sometimed the holes were drilled from both sides, as in this object. This is generally the case with blades in stone and jade from the south-eastern Neolithic cultures.
Materials:stone
Technique:polished
Dimensions:Height: 13.20 centimetres Length: 13.30 centimetres Width: 9.50 centimetres (max)
Description:
Stone axe with rounded blade and mottled grey colour. Made of polished stone. The hole was drilled with a rotating drill from both sides.
IMG
Comments:Rawson 1995:Early stone axes have a thickish solid body, often lens-shaped in section, though later Neolithic blades in jade are thinner, and often of a more or less even thickness. At this stage the thinness, which may have been a product of the technique of cutting boulders into thin slices and/or of a wish to make economical use of the stone, was exploited to demonstrate the virtuosity of the carver, and hence the power of the patron to command expert workmanship.Sometimed the holes were drilled from both sides, as in this object. This is generally the case with blades in stone and jade from the south-eastern Neolithic cultures.
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