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of the handle. This piece, accordingly, represents a much advanced 

 stage of conventionalization compared with the ceremonial hammer 

 in Fig. 20. Its development is conceivable only when it is referred to 

 the latter, and if it is supposed to have been derived from it. 



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Fig. 24. 

 Jade Hammer and Knife-Shaped Symbols of Imperial Power, chin kuei and ta kuei. 



