Pendant in the Form of a Human Mask
CultureChinese
Date1300-1050 B.C.E.
MediumJade
DimensionsOverall: 1 3/4 × 1 5/16 × 9/16 inches (4.45 × 3.33 × 1.43 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number34-247
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DescriptionShape of a human face, highly stylized. Double line indicating eyes and brows. Full lips, parted and upturned at corners. Hair indicated by a series of parallel vertical lines.ProvenanceWith Dr. Otto Burchard, Peiping (modern-day Beijing), China, by April 30, 1934 [1];
Purchased from Burchard, through Laurence Sickman, by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1934.
NOTES:
[1] Sickman's purchase record, Nelson-Atkins Archives, RG80-15 William Rockhill Nelson Trust Office Files, box 1a, Art Invoices/Vouchers 1934.
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