# The 1986 bronzes from Pits 1 and 2 (standing figure, heads, masks and trees)

> Over 900 bronzes, among them the 2.6 m standing figure, the bronze heads and masks and the bronze trees; the casting cores of 39 of them were sampled for…

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**ART** 0D73A6EE2H2P·Artifact · object

# The 1986 bronzes from Pits 1 and 2 (standing figure, heads, masks and trees)

PhotographCC0Buried about 3200–3000 BP; excavated 1986

[Cite][Download](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/d/666f2b4a9be52c849659337cfb01f347c75f5e5edead444be7ade97ba3320646)

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The 1986 bronzes from Pits 1 and 2 (standing figure, heads, masks and trees): photo

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Over 900 bronzes, among them the 2.6 m standing figure, the bronze heads and masks and the bronze trees; the casting cores of 39 of them were sampled for the 2025 provenance study.

Gary Todd, 1986. CC0

## Copies 6

**Photo** Gary Todd · commons.wikimedia.org · 2008-02-11 · CC01 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bronze_Colossal_Standing_Figure,_Sanxingdui_a.jpg)[Download](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/d/666f2b4a9be52c849659337cfb01f347c75f5e5edead444be7ade97ba3320646)

**Photo** Gary Todd · commons.wikimedia.org · 2010-04-24 · CC01 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ancient_Bronze_Mask-_Largest_Bronze_Mask_Unearthed_at_Sanxingdui_a.jpg)[Download](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/d/b31ae3b8c1f1d8f5f2b1cdf7c23f143592cbbd40bf4812b1d15cc9c4839395aa)

**Photo** Yumeto · commons.wikimedia.org · 2025-05-19 · CC BY-SA 4.01 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20250519_Bronze_Mythical_Tree_No._1_in_the_Sanxingdui_Museum.jpg)[Download](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/d/e62c64342bb9ff445fec39ec439b9f23116159e79ee4dc7595fe285ad853de2e)

**Picture** Gary Todd · commons.wikimedia.org · CC01 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bronze_Colossal_Standing_Figure,_Sanxingdui_a.jpg)

**Picture** Gary Todd · commons.wikimedia.org · CC01 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ancient_Bronze_Mask-_Largest_Bronze_Mask_Unearthed_at_Sanxingdui_a.jpg)

**Picture** Yumeto · commons.wikimedia.org · CC BY-SA 4.01 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20250519_Bronze_Mythical_Tree_No._1_in_the_Sanxingdui_Museum.jpg)

## Where it is kept

[Sanxingdui](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D739RRY4D0Z/sanxingdui) · Bronze Age walled settlement and sacrificial area

## Sources 2

- [Bronze at Sanxingdui](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D739R1G6YG6/bronze-at-sanxingdui)_SRC_
- [Deciphering the origins of Sanxingdui bronzes through petrographic and elemental analysis of casting cores](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D739MVY6VCB/deciphering-the-origins-of-sanxingdui-bronzes-through)_SRC_

## Cite it

```
Mysteries Department. (2026). The 1986 bronzes from Pits 1 and 2 (standing figure, heads, masks and trees) [Artifact ART0D73A6EE2H2P]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0D73A6EE2H2P
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Key

**ART** 0D73A6EE2H2P

Kind

Object

Held by

Sanxingdui Museum, Guanghan

Dated

buried about 3200–3000 BP; excavated 1986

Licence

CC0

Place

[Sanxingdui](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D739RRY4D0Z/sanxingdui)

Part of

[Sanxingdui and its sacrificial pits](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/sanxingdui)

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