CAX28) CHINA, SHANG dynasty, c. 1200 BC, bronze socketed axe, 85x42mm, 244.5g, flared blade, ridged lip, slot for rivet, nice smooth surface on one side, VF $170.00 sold 3/10/2008
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CAX2a) bronze axe, straight bladed central China type, 53x29mm, 29g, bad corrosion $15.00
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CAX3a) bronze adze, straight bladed central China type, 89x35mm, 110g, one wide side flat, other curved, was mounted on a right angled handle, very nicely preserved $90.00
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CAX4a) bronze axe, straight bladed central China type, 100x38mm, 258g, excellent, $120.00
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CAX24) bronze socketed zhao axe, 65x39mm, straight bladed central China type, holes for nails both sides, F $86.00
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CAX5a) axe, 110x39mm, 404g, slightly flared blade, excellent $125.00
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CAX8) bronze axe, 115x47mm, 462g, flared blade, excellent, $125.00
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CAX13) bronze axe, 110x35mm, 187g, with double dot-in-rectangle pattern decoration, or maybe that's a character, small casting hole, slight edge chip, VF+ $125.00
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CAX19) 92x32mm, 146g, double line decoration at lip & "H" mark possibly Gong (work), casting hole in wall, probably used for a stabilizing nail, VF $135.00
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CAX11) bronze axe, 125x45mm, 417g, has ring on narrow side for tying to shaft & reinforcing lip at mouth, VF $155.00 sold 3/10/2008
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CAX9) bronze adze, 109x35mm, 187g, has ring on broad side, VF $155.00
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CAX20) bronze adze, 114x35mm, 226g, ring on broad side, raised band just up from socket lip, chips on and just behind blade edge, otherwise VF $98.50
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CAX25) bronze axe, fu, 70mm long, 32x20mm rectangular socket, 32mm wide flared blade, bits of wood in socket, bit of chipping on blade, otherwise nice, $87.00
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CAX21) iron socketed axe.  Middle or late Zhou, c. 700-500 BC, 125x68mm, 422g, archaic style.  Rare in iron.  Chip on edge of blade, $165.00
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j) bronze axe, 150x63mm, 169mm, long socket, semicircular blade, might be military, silver colored coating under nice patina, small hole in socket wall, slight chipping on blade, VF $109.00 sold
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k) bronze axe, 84x62mm, 201g, semicircular blade, ribbed side walls, 2 lines of decoration near socket lip, from Sichuan, VF $115.00 sold
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l) bronze axe, 83x52mm, 215g, straight blade, reinforced lip, hole for nail, VF $77.00
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CGAO-1) ZHOU Dynasty, 1122-255 BC, bronze gao pickaxe, 79x10mm, socket in middle, square edged blades, half of one blade missing, VF $23.00
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