Mask with bird
Ai Weiwei
(Chinese, born in 1957)
2020
Medium/TechniqueSurgical mask with printed image
DimensionsOverall: 17.8 × 9.8 cm (7 × 3 7/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of John Robbe and Ken Hall in honor of Jing Gao
Accession number2021.574
On View
Not on viewClassificationsMasks
Provenance2020, sold by the artist on eBay to John Robbe, Boston, MA; 2021, gift of John Robbe and Ken Hall to the MFA. (Accession date: September 30, 2021)
20th century
late 3rd millennium B.C.
A.D. 265–316
1st century B.C.–1st century A.D.
late 5th century
13th–12th century B.C.
14th century B.C.
