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Fragment

Fragment
Shang dynasty 16th century BCE-11th century BCE

Medium
bone
Measurements
1.5 × 12.7 × 3.7 cm
Accession Number
674-D4
Department
Asian Art
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Mr Peter Boode, 1947
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Gordon Darling Foundation
Gallery location
Not on display
Physical description
A piece of bone fragment of the Shang dynasty (16th century BCE-11th century BCE. It has part of the so called taotie 饕餮 mask which also appears and decorates archaic ritual bronze vessels of the Shang 商 dynasty as represented in the NGV Chinese collection. The design typically consists of a zoomorphic mask.