Tiger-decorated dagger-shaped object

Tiger-decorated dagger-shaped object

Bronze ware from the Shang Dynasty
Head width 4.6 cm. Unearthed in Taohuazhe, Shilou County in 1959. Bronze ware from the "Fangguo" in the late Shang Dynasty. A tiger with a big head and a long tail, carrying something in its mouth, and its eyes are inlaid with turquoise.

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