拍品 21
21
A SUPERB SHIRA-PUNU MASK, with pierced crescent eyes to the slender, whitened face, shallow nose and small reddened mouth, the blackened, ridged coiffure dressed as a central peak and pointed behind each ear to give a lentincular outline to the whole mask

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A SUPERB SHIRA-PUNU MASK, with pierced crescent eyes to the slender, whitened face, shallow nose and small reddened mouth, the blackened, ridged coiffure dressed as a central peak and pointed behind each ear to give a lentincular outline to the whole mask
27cm. high

拍品專文

This exceptionally old mask has a delicate surface and air of mystery that is reminiscent of the paintings of Edvard Munch. We have been unable to find an exact parallel amongst the published material so cannot suggest an exact group in the Shira-Punu complex to which to attribute this fine carving