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Ornament with Mask

mid-3rd millennium BCE
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Object Information
  • 新石器時代良渚文化 獸面紋玉飾
  • Title: Ornament with Mask
  • Period: Neolithic period, Liangzhu culture (ca. 3200–2000 BCE)
  • Date: mid-3rd millennium BCE
  • Culture: China
  • Medium: Jade (nephrite)
  • Dimensions: H. 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm); W. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm)
  • Classification: Jade
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1918
  • Object Number: 18.63
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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