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Bronze raptor ornament
Height 43.3 (17)
Late Shang Period (?) (c. 1300-1100 BCE?)
From Pit 2 at Sanxingdui, Guanghan,
Sichuan Province
Sanxingdui Museum, Guanghan, Sichuan Province
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Bronze dragon-shaped ornament
Height 40 (15 3 A)
Late Shang Period (?) (c. 1300-1100 BCE?)
From Pit i at Sanxingdui, Guanghan,
Sichuan Province
Sanxingdui Museum, Guanghan, Sichuan Province
These objects were recovered singly from the two
Sanxingdui pits. Each must originally have served
as a covering or finial of some kind in combination
with pieces, perhaps including perishable materials,
that either were not deposited in the pits or
did not survive burial. It remains uncertain which
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