Sanxingdui portrait gold mask

Sanxingdui portrait gold mask

The golden mask is a golden artifact unearthed from the 5th sacrificial pit in the Sanxingdui site's sacrificial area. After testing, its gold content is about 85%, silver content is about 13% to 14%, and there are other impurities.
Sanxingdui Bronze Mask

Sanxingdui Bronze Mask

The Sanxingdui Site is an ancient Shu culture site dating back approximately 5000 to 3000 years, during the late Neolithic period. In January 1998, it was announced by the State Council as a "National Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit" and has now been included in the list of World Cultural Heritage Key Protection Units. At the Sanxingdui site, many bronze human masks were unearthed, totaling more than 20 earth human masks, divided into three types: large, medium, and small. These bronze mask groups, represented by the vertical eye masks, are one of the most distinctive and spiritually cultural relics in Sanxingdui. They are the earliest and largest mask groups unearthed in China.
Sanxingdui Bronze Human Head

Sanxingdui Bronze Human Head

Sanxingdui is an ancient site, about 4,800 to 3,800 years ago, and is considered to be one of the important centers of prehistoric culture. This bronze statue was unearthed in the Sanxingdui No. 2 Sacrifice Pit. It has a history of more than 3000 years. It is the oldest and tallest bronze figure discovered in China. It is now in the Sanxingdui Museum in Sichuan Province. The total height of this bronze statue is 115cm. The lower part is a bronze man kneeling down. His hands are held in front of him. His head is topped with a square plate. The square plate is connected with the bronze big mouth statue. The shoulder of the statue is decorated with exquisite dragon shape.