Polished Stone Axe (Masei sekifu)
A smooth, polished axe head of greenish-brown stone, tapering from a broad rounded top to a slightly wider blunt edge. Subtle mottling and faint veining show across the surface against a plain grey background.
Look closer: Faint darker veining and mottling across the stone surface, visible near the middle and lower edge.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- Medium
- Serpentine
- Source
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Size
- 2667 × 4000 px
Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date -1000).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Harry G. C. Packard Collection of Asian Art, Gift of Harry G. C. Packard, and Purchase, Fletcher, Rogers, Harris Brisbane Dick, and Louis V. Bell Funds, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, and The Annenberg Fund Inc. Gift, 1975