Bronze Human Head
Bronze Human Head, a bronze ware between the late Shang dynasty and the early Western Zhou dynasty, height 47cm, collected in the Sichuan Cultural Relics Preservation Committee
This is One of the most important fruits of the excavation of the No. 2 sacrificial pit of Sanxingdui, Nanxing town, Guanghan county, Sichuan province in August 1986. Nearly 500 articles were unearthed in the pit. Among them, most noticeable are a 172cm high bronze figure, the earliest bronze sculpture known today in China and even in the world, and several bronze human heads (see Cultural Relics, the 10th edition of 1987) which were created 3,000 to 3,600 years ago. Here is one of the bronze human heads, a type-B figure called by archaeologists. It appears to be wearing a double-angle-shaped helmet and had a rectangular face, oblique eyebrows, triangular eyes, a diamond-shaped nose bridge and a high nose tip, its mouth drooping and looking awe-inspiring. On the rectangular ears are carved cloud and thunder designs. There are holes in the earlobes. Scholars hold that it is the typical face of ancient people in Sichuan at the early Stage of Shu (Sichuan) Culture in the late Shang dynasty.
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