Ritual ImplementsChinese14th-8th century BCE

Jade Animal Mask

14th cent. BCE - 8th cent. BCE

Classification

Ritual Implements

Medium

Squarish piece of opaque, mottled gray-green, slightly calcified jade

Culture

Chinese

Period

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

Century

14th-8th century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

4.3 x 4.5 x 0.5 cm (1 11/16 x 1 3/4 x 3/16 in.) unspecified: 25 g

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