Date: Late Western Zhou (first half of 9th century - 771 BC)
Dimensions: Length 44 cm, Width 40 cm
Material: Jade

• Object Type：
  • JADE
• Tag：
  • ornament funerary face zhou jade burial

This piece of work was burial jade used by the ancient upper class nobles, commonly known as jade facial cladding. First make the jade in the forms of the five sense organs on the face and then thread on a square-shaped silk, and finally cover on the face of the dead. This tradition carried on from the late Western Zhou dynasty to the Warring States Period, and evolved into the jade burial suit system in the Han dynasty.