Mask
Western Zhou dynasty ( 1046–771 BC ), about 9th century BC
- Medium
- Bronze
- Classification
- Metalwork
- Dimensions
- 26.4 × 32.2 × 0.3 cm (10 1/2 × 12 7/8 × 3/32 in.)
- Culture
- China
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago, Arts of Asia
- Credit line
- Lucy Maud Buckingham Collection
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its museum says too little about what it shows to place it for younger viewers. How works are placed
View at the Art Institute of Chicago
About this work
The function of this mask is not certain. It may have served as a bridle plaque for a horse, an ornament for a chariot, or, sewn onto leather, as chest armor for a soldier.
Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0
