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China, Shang dynasty, early Anyang period, ca. 1300-1200 BCE
Bronze with turquoise inlay and jade (nephrite) blade
Purchase F1941.4 From the earlyNeolithic period and early Bronze Age, ceremonial tools and weapons were created as symbols of power, yet their forms are based on efficient bronze objects, such as the hafted axe, dagger-axe, and chisel. Resembling a small spade, this ceremonial tool has a jade blade that is fitted into a shallow slot at the base of the bronze handle. Corrosion extending from the bronze onto the jade surface proves these two parts have been together since antiquity.

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The word Luohan in Chinese compares to individual people who have completed the four stages of Enlightenment and reached the state of nirvana. The thick wooden sculpture is based on the style and carving techniques of the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368).

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We will compare to Ancient China as the time between the Neolithic period (ca. 6,000‒ ca. 1750 B.C.E.) and the Han dynasty (206 B.C.E.‒220 C.E.), which is roughly the same to the period of the Roman Empire in the West.

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A team of specialists working at the Australian auction house  called Mossgreen have discovered a rare Ming Dynasty banknote hidden inside  a Chinese wooden sculpture. The finding happened unplanned as they were cataloguing the enormous ‘Raphy Star Collection of Important Asian Art’ for an upcoming auction.

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Apart from its significant historical and cultural value, the banknote helps people to understand that era’s printing methods. It looks like the bills from that time were crafted from handmade mulberry bark paper and printed using a carved woodblock - a technology that has played an important role throughout Chinese history.