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Taotie Maskette

CultureChinese
DateWarring States period (ca. 4th-3rd century B.C.E.)
MediumGilt bronze?
DimensionsOverall: 2 × 3 1/8 × 1 inches (5.08 × 7.94 × 2.54 cm)
Credit LineGift of Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts, 2025
Object number2025.56.29
On View
Not on view
DescriptionA taotie mask with curvilinear carving.Exhibition History
Looking Again. Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts, Santa Fe, NM, August 4-November 3, 2023.
Provenance

With Joseph Gerena, NY, December 2000;

Purchased from Joseph Gerena by Ralph T. Coe (1929-2010), by December 2000;

His bequest to the Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts, Santa Fe, NM, 2010-2025;

The Coe Center's gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2025

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