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The discovery of the bell and turquoise encrusted plaque in Tomb M4
provided a hitherto ‘missing link’ in the evolution of bronze casting in
China and also gave archaeologists a clear understanding of the
prototype or early ancestor of the taotie 饕餮 mask found on later period
Chinese bronzes.
A number of tombs from Period III of the Erlitou
period 二 里 頭 第 三 期 were excavated during
archaeological work carried out in the autumn of
1984. Of these, Tombs nos. M6, M9 and M11
contained several important burial objects:
• Jue 爵 1984 4L V1 M6:5
• Jia 斝 1984 4L V1 M9:1
• Bronze plaque 銅牌 1984 4L VI M11:7 Ling 鈴 M11:2
• Small bronze ling bell 鈴 1984 4L VI M11:2

Jue 爵 M6:5

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