COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
AIC_.1950.372
AMICA Library Year:
1999
Object Type:
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Creator Name:
Unknown
Creator Nationality:
Asian; Far East Asian; Chinese
Creator Dates/Places:
Chinese Asia,East Asia,China
Creator Name-CRT:
Anonymous
Title:
Plaque with Demonic Mask
Title Type:
preferred
View:
front view
Creation Date:
Late Neolithic period or early Shang dynasty, 2nd millennium B.C.
Creation Start Date:
-2000
Creation End Date:
-1000
Materials and Techniques:
Pale yellow and green jade, with brown markings. Most details of the face are indicated in thread-like lines. Openwork occurs on the discs attached to the ear-lobes, and on the lower frame of the neck. The flaring top- and base-bars are notched. The roof-shaped upper lip bares four large teeth. The narrow edges of top and base have each three symmetrically arranged bore-holes, of which only the two lateral ones are met by corresponding bore-holes from the back. Back plain. (Salmony, 1952)
Classification Term:
Jade
Creation Place:
Asia,East Asia,China
Dimensions:
4.4 x 8.9 x .9 cm.3 1/2" length; 1 3/4" hgt; 3/8" thickness
AMICA Contributor:
The Art Institute of Chicago
Owner Location:
Chicago, Illinois, USA
ID Number:
1950.372
Credit Line:
The Art Institute of Chicago, Edward and Louise B. Sonnenschein Collection
Related Image Identifier Link:
AIC_.E36432.TIF
Link To Source
Plaque with Demonic Mask
