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(Maker)
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'
History note: Captain Dugald Malcolm
Lent to the museum by Helen H. L. Whittow (nee Malcolm)
Height: 21.2 cm
Width: 14.5 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Loan
(1992)
by
Whittow, Helen H. L. (nee Malcolm)
Zhou Dynasty
-1050
-
-0771
Accession number: ML.4-1992
Primary reference Number: 206800
A.24
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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
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Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/206800 Accessed: 2022-08-16 08:36:22
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