Replicating the past: Father-daughter team’s school project using leftover clay to produce mask resembling 3,000-year-old artefact goes viral in China

A father-daughter art project in which the two built remarkable clay replicas of 3,000-year-old bronze artefacts from Sanxingdui in southwest China drew over three million views on Weibo since it was published on Sunday.

The pair made two replicas, one of a beautifully designed ding – a vessel similar to a cauldron – and a copy of one of the masks that have become famous worldwide. The two used cardboard to build the structure and then added clay and paint for the details.