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A 'northern style'bronze battle-axe from the late period of the Shang dynasty

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Table showing bronze types and their antecedents. The three phases when these bronzes were present are: (1) Shang dynasty; (2) Western Zhou dynasty; and (3) Eastern Zhou dynasty. From: William Willetts, Foundations of Chinese Art, London: Thames and Hudson, 1965, pp 86-87.