Ritual ImplementsChinese

Jade Animal Mask

16th cent. BCE - 8th cent. BCE

Classification

Ritual Implements

Medium

Calcified whitish nephrite with black spots

Culture

Chinese

Period

Shang dynasty (c. 1600-c. 1050 BCE) to Western Zhou period (c. 1050-771 BCE)

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

4 x 2.4 x 0.3 cm (1 9/16 x 15/16 x 1/8 in.) unspecified: 8 g

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