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| Auction Closes At: |
15:46:01 09/27/2024 |
| Time Remaining: |
Closed |
| Lot# & Name: |
643. Old Zhuang Nuo Ceremony Religious Mask |
| Estimate: |
$600-$900 |
| Current High Bid: |
$0.00 |
| Auction Closed(Final Price) |
$0.00 |
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| Category: |
Asian Art
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| Sub Category: |
China - Ching Dynasty through early 20th Cent
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| Culture or Country: |
Guanxi province.
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| Period: |
Late 19th - early 20th century.
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| Size: |
9”H. (23cm) |
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| Description: |
Ritualistic dance mask of an elderly sage with high headdress, bulging eyeballs with openings above, elongated ear lobes, and painted with red and black pigment and lacquered surface. Areas of surface wear, paint loss.
Nuo is a form of Chinese masked drama enacted by a priest or specially trained shamans as a means of exorcism; it is also a theatrical performance with a presentational aspect, and festival, with the idea of gathering to establish ties and norms between heaven and earth, life and death, man and gods, the ruler and his subjects, a very prominent Chinese cosmological concept. -artspiral.org, web. |
| Provenance: |
Marshall & Caroline Mount Collection, N.J. Ex. The Lost Heavens, Chiang Mai, Thailand. |
| Shipping Fee: |
| National: |
$50.00 |
| International: |
$100.00 (This is approximate and for Postal Service. Prices may vary, especially for private carriers such as: FEDEX, UPS and BAX).
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Old Zhuang Nuo Ceremony Religious Mask
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