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Treasures from a Lost Civilization: Ancient Chinese Art from Sichuan
Figure on Pedestal, Late Shang period, 12th century B.C.
Bronze; overall H. 106 3/4 in. (260.8 cm)
Sanxingdui Museum
Head, Late Shang period, 12th century B.C.
Bronze with gold foil; overall H. 16 3/4 in. (42.5 cm)
Mask, Late Shang period, 12th century B.C.
Bronze; H. 10 1/2 in. (26.6 cm)
Mask with Protruding Pupils, Late Shang period, 12th century B.C.
Bronze; H. 26 in. (66 cm)
Mask with Protruding Pupils and Trunk, Late Shang period, 12th century B.C.
Bronze; overall H. 32 1/2 in. (82.5 cm)
Lei, Western Zhou period, Late 11th or early 10th century B.C.
Bronze; H. 27 1/4 in. (69.4 cm)
Sichuan Provincial Museum
Chime of Fourteen Niuzhong, Eastern Zhou period, 4th century B.C.
Bronze with gold inlay
Money Tree, Eastern Han dynasty, 2nd century A.D.
Ceramic and bronze; overall H. 78 in. (198 cm)
Mianyang Museum
Figure of a Squatting Drummer, Eastern Han dynasty, 1st or 2nd century A.D.
Ceramic; H. 19 in. (48 cm)
Xindu County Bureau of Cultural Antiquities
Figure of a Standing Drummer, Eastern Han dynasty, 1st or 2nd century A.D.
Ceramic; H. 26 1/4 in. (66.5 cm)