CHINESE ARCHAISTIC CARVED STONE RITUAL BLADE

20TH CENTURY / REPUBLIC PERIOD OR LATER, IN NEOLITHIC / ARCHAIC BRONZE AGE STYLE HAND-CARVED MOTTLED RUSSET, OCHRE, AND CHARCOAL-GREY METAMORPHIC HARDSTONE. A FISH-FORM CEREMONIAL CHOPPING BLADE / SCEPTRE, RENDERED IN A BROAD UTILITARIAN SILHOUETTE WITH A TAPERED HEAD DRILLED WITH A SINGLE ROUND HAFTING / SUSPENSION APERTURE, A CURVED BEVELLED CUTTING PROFILE, AND A SPREADING FLANGED BUTT. 23.25 X 9.75 IN