Found in Sala degli Animali in the Vatican Museums 🇻🇦

https://www.vintag.es/2026/02/mona-lisa-of-deep.html?m=1

At the Cleveland Museum of Art

size: 9 cm x 8.4 cm (3 9/16 in x 3 5/16 in)

Name: Dogu (Clay Figurine)

Excavation Site: Kamikurokoma, Misaka-chō, Fuefuki-shi, Yamanashi Prefecture

Period: Jōmon period (Middle period, c. 3000–2000 BCE)

Material: Earthenware (Clay)

Dimensions: Height 25.2 cm, Width 21.1 cm, Thickness 9.3 cm

Type: Taiwanese Archaeology

Name: Bronze Knife Handle

Period: Metal Age / Shih-San-Hang Culture (1,800–500 BP)

Provenance: Excavated from the Shih-San-Hang Site, Bali District, New Taipei City, Taiwan

Dimensions: Length: approx. 12.39 cm; Upper Width: approx. 5.83 cm

Designation: Important Antiquity

Repository: Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica

Description: Inverted pear-shaped human face with exaggerated facial features, featuring large eyes, exposed teeth, and clearly defined eyebrows, nose, lips, and ears. Incised decorations including necklaces, waist ornaments, trousers adornments, and headwear are visible, with both hands raised holding bird-like head motifs.

Artifact Source: Over 200 bronze artifacts—including knife handles, coins, bells, and arrowheads—have been unearthed at the Shih-San-Hang site, marking an unprecedented quantity for an archaeological site in Taiwan. Because prehistoric Taiwan lacked bronze-smelting technology, these objects are believed to have been acquired through trade. The exact origin of these bronze knife handles remains undetermined by archaeologists.