Mask: ML.4-1992

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Current Location: Gallery 28 - Arts of Asia Gallery

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

Entities

Mask
Taotie mask

Categories

Bronze
Mask

Description

Bronze Taotie mask with ring, with green and brown patina, and some encrustation. The ring is suspended frm a loop projecting from the monster's mouth, which is decorated with a gooses's head

Oval label printed in black with a tower and 'Malcolm Collection', inscribed in blue black ink 'A.24'

Notes

History note: Captain Dugald Malcolm

Legal notes

Lent to the museum by Helen H. L. Whittow (nee Malcolm)

Measurements and weight

Height: 21.2 cm
Width: 14.5 cm

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Loan (1992) by Whittow, Helen H. L. (nee Malcolm)

Dating

Zhou Dynasty
-1050 - -0771

Materials used in production

References and bibliographic entries

Related exhibitions

Exhibition of Early Chinese Bronzes from Earliest Times to the end of the Chou Dynasty in B.C. 249

Identification numbers

Accession number: ML.4-1992
Primary reference Number: 206800
A.24
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Audit data

Created: Wednesday 16 September 2015 Updated: Tuesday 12 January 2021

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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