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Truncated Jade Cone with Two 'Taotie' Masks

Truncated Jade Cone with Two 'Taotie' Masks

Chinese

Highly translucent, beatiful sea-green nephrite with sparse, dark brown markings

Shang dynasty (c. 1600-c. 1050 BCE) to Western Zhou period (c. 1050-771 BCE)

Ritual Implements