Funerary mask
Funerary mask

Currently not on view

Funerary mask

Chinese
Liao dynasty, 907–1125
1997-35

Information

Title
Funerary mask
Medium
Bronze with traces of gold
Dimensions
h. 24.3 cm., w. 21.8 cm., d. 2.0 cm. (9 9/16 x 8 9/16 x 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase
Object Number
1997-35
Place Made

Asia, China

Culture
Chinese
Period
Liao
Type
funerary sculpture, death masks, sculpture
Materials
bronze, gold
Subject
faces, tombs

–1997 Kaikodo Gallery (New York, NY), sold to the Princeton University Art Museum, 1997.

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