Masque de cérémonie

featuring a face with eyebrow arches carved in relief, and a tantric symbol in the center of the forehead. Wood, natural pigments, old patina and marks of use India / Nepal, Lowlands 29.5 x 19 cm Provenance: collection of Jean-Pierre CORMERAIS, ethnologist and author of the reference work Les Chemises des Dieux - Univers magique de la peinture Yao, published by White Lotus Press 2011.

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Masque de cérémonie

Masque de cérémonie

BASHILÉLÉ, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO Dance mask featuring a face with cascading eyebrows and a long nose. Wood, traces of white pigment, old brown patina and marks of use. H. 27.5 cm; L. 17 cm.

Bust of Field Marshal Gideon Count von Laudon Plaster copy after original in the Museum of Military History Vienna Total height of bust 65 cm, total height with column 174 cm Mounted on column Damage to plinth and left eyebrow

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