Cleveland Museum of Art
Feline Head with Bovine Horns and Elephant Trunk
- Date
- 1300–1000 BCE
- Medium
- jade
- Culture
- China, Shang dynasty (c. 1600–c. 1046 BCE)
- Department
- Chinese Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
This small jade was shaped into a fantastic, composite animal: a feline form with bovine horns and an elephant's trunk. The mouth, the underside of the nose, and the tapering hole for attachment at the rear of the head were cut by drilling.
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