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A blue-green flat object that is rectangle-shaped at the bottom with a smaller pentagon shape at the top. It is covered in inlaid turquoise pieces. The edges have a dark grey-green line with rough texture along them that swirl and curve into the middle of the middle. Two 3D pale orbs are near the bottom-center of the piece.

Turquoise-Inlaid Plaque with Stylized Animal-Mask Decoration and Elongated Extension

Chinese

Bronze with turquoise inlay

Erlitou culture, c. 1900-1500 BCE

Plaques