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Bovine Mask with Capped Horns

1400–1000 BCE

China, Shang dynasty (c. 1600–c. 1046 BCE) to Western Zhou dynasty

(c. 1046–771 BCE)
Medium
jade
Measurements
Overall: 1.9 cm (3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Anonymous Gift 1952.491
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A jade mask is shaped like a stylized bovine face with two upright, flared protrusions at the top. In the center, the stone is punctured by a hole below two small bumps. Deep curved lines surround large circular features on the sides, and the object tapers to a rounded snout. The jade is muted tan and gray with patches of reddish-brown and dark spots.

Bovine Mask with Capped Horns

1400–1000 BCE

China, Shang dynasty (c. 1600–c. 1046 BCE) to Western Zhou dynasty (c. 1046–771 BCE)

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