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The present figure, with distinctive facial features, is highly   Ϥͭ྅ቃ࿊߉̈dۍ͊ϞᗳԷԈ༱dאމ֘ۜfՉɽЀe̶ᄀe
                  unusual and no other examples appear to be recorded. The   ᄱᄘdۍၾ̬ʇɧ݋਼̈ɺڡზࠦՈʿͭ྅Ϟ޴ᗳʘஈdԈᅰ
                  disproportionally large ears, prominent nose, and broad mouth,   Է̈ɺڡზ᎘྅dᓙ˾ʮʩۃɤɧЇɤɚ˰ߏdϗɝᖯЬतg
                  however, recall the bronze masks and figures from the Sanxindui   Ԏࣸлd”A Shang City in Sichuan Province•dChinese
                  culture in Sichuan. A few excavated bronze heads dated to the   Bronzes: Selected Articles from Orientations 1983-2000‘d
                  13th to 12th century BC are illustrated in Robert W. Bagley, ‘A   ࠰ಥd2001ϋdࠫ122-137dྡ5-7e15-17dΝ༱৯Гᘒᕒ̈
                  Shang  City  in  Sichuan  Province’,  Chinese Bronzes: Selected   ɺٙՇ΁ڡზɛ྅dˉʂ༰ʃdϞڦɗႡ׵ߒʮʩۃɤ˰ߏdྡ
                  Articles  from  Orientations  1983-2000, Hong Kong, 2001, pp.   33-34f
                  122-137, figs 5-7, 15-17, together with two small bronze figures
                  with comparable facial features from Rujiazhuang, Baoji, Shaanxi,   ථیࣜྐྵͩ྽ʆ̈ɺГմӲɾზ྅dʞᝈձᕐ˓۶࿒ɰၾϤڐd
                  attributed to c. 10th century BC, figs 33-34.   ԈThe Chinese Bronzes of Yunnan‘dࡐ౱d1983ϋdྡو
                                                                  174-175f
                  Compare also large Western Zhou bronze male and female
                  figures with similar facial features and loosely clasped hands,   ᖯಌၾႷࣸίഹЪڡზၳߵ‘ʕ౤̈Ϥ྅ᑕ޴d̙ၾ੉λྥ
                  excavated from Mount Shizhai in Jinning, Yunan, included in The   ̈ɺʃۨ͗ᎉˢ༰dνɓ͗༬ɛdϗɝਠˮ؛ɕၾΧ੉λj
                  Chinese Bronzes of Yunnan, London, 1983, pls 174-175.  ँਠସ˰˖ʷᖵஔत࢝‘d݂ࢗ௹ي৫d̨̏d2012ϋdྡو
                                                                  III-2fՇЗਖ਼࢕ۍᚃܸdϤ྅ʞᝈאၾГմ༬ɛҖზԓᒍһ޴
                  Rawson and Bunker state in Ancient Chinese and Ordos Bronzes   ྅dШܝ٫ᕐЀ༰෥dྡԈ”ݾජ̏㜺ӀГմ፲ѧ1974ϋܓ೯
                  that the present figure resembles the small jade carvings from   ઢᔊజ•d˖ي‘d1981ϋdୋ7ಂdࠫ52-64dྡ7-1fശସ
                  the tomb of Fu Hao; see a jade kneeling figure included in   ཭̦੗ಌ̵ኪึᒄдਔߕஔ᎜ɰϞɓ༬ɛҖზԓᒍdᔛۜᇜ໮
                  King Wu Ding and Lady Hao. Art and Culture of the Late Shang   S2012.9.617f
                  Dynasty, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 2012, cat. no. III-2.
                  However, they find the facial features to be closer to those of
                  a Western Zhou dynasty bronze chariot fitting in the form of a
                  kneeling man (‘Luoyang Beiyaocun Xizhou yizhi 1974 niandu fajue
                  jianbao [1974 annual excavation report of the Western Zhou
                  dynasty site of Beiyao Village, Luoyang]’, Wenwu / Cultural
                  Relics, 1981, no. 7, pp. 52-64, fig. 7-1). The ears of the Luoyang
                  example are more rounded. A similar chariot axle cap linchpin,
                  also in the form of a kneeling figure, is in the Arthur M. Sackler
                  Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, accession no.
                  S2012.9.617.














































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