Turquoise-Inlaid Plaque with Stylized Animal-Mask Decoration
PlaquesChinese2nd millennium BCE

Turquoise-Inlaid Plaque with Stylized Animal-Mask Decoration

1900 - 1500 BCE

Classification
Plaques
Medium
Bronze with turquoise inlay
Culture
Chinese
Period
Erlitou culture, c. 1900-1500 BCE
Century
2nd millennium BCE
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Department
Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

H. 17.2 x W. 11.3 x Thickness 0.4 cm (6 3/4 x 4 7/16 x 3/16 in.)

Provenance

Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

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