EditorialIron mould for casting socketed axes. Two separate half-moulds and the core. Excavated 1953 at Hsing-Lung, Hopei, China. Warring States (5th-4th BCE). Length outer mould: 28.6 cm-core: 21.9 cm.
EditorialJade funeral suit from tomb of princess Tou-Wan, wife of prince Liu Sheng enfeoffed at Chung-Shan. Western Han Dynasty (late 2nd CE). Found 1968 in her tomb at Man-Ch'eng, Hopei, China. Length: 172 cm.
EditorialIron mould for casting socketed axes. Two separate half-moulds and the core. Excavated 1953 at Hsing-Lung, Hopei, China. Warring States (5th-4th BCE). Length outer mould: 28.6 cm-core: 21.9 cm.
EditorialIron mould for casting socketed axes. Two separate half-moulds and the core. Excavated 1953 at Hsing-Lung, Hopei, China. Warring States (5th-4th BCE). Length outer mould: 28.6 cm-core: 21.9 cm.