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Lot 60:
Description
A hand-carved wood mask in the Songye style, featuring an elongated oval face decorated with dense, rhythmic linear striations. The face is characterised by heavy-lidded oval eyes highlighted with white pigment, a long rectangular nose with flared nostrils, and protruding, squared lips. The mask is surmounted by a circular crest carved with concentric geometric patterns. The ears are rendered as simplified C-shaped forms, and the entire surface is finished in a dark stain with recessed areas retaining traces of white pigment. The reverse of the mask shows rough-hewn adze marks and is fitted with a thin hanging cord. A vertical split is present at the interior top edge.
Width: 8.5 inches
Height: 16.5 inches.
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