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SRI LANKA
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A SRI LANKA MASK
Sri Lanka
The grotesque face with projecting tongue in the pierced jaws with carved teeth, bulbous eyes, the broad nose with flared nostrils, a cobra emanating from each corner of the mouth and from each nostril, circular ears, surmounted by four entwined cobras, painted in various colors, painted number A3958 and old museum label.
17½ in. (44.5 cm.) high
Sri Lanka
The grotesque face with projecting tongue in the pierced jaws with carved teeth, bulbous eyes, the broad nose with flared nostrils, a cobra emanating from each corner of the mouth and from each nostril, circular ears, surmounted by four entwined cobras, painted in various colors, painted number A3958 and old museum label.
17½ in. (44.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Umlauff Museum, Hamburg, no.160
Lemaire Gallery, Amsterdam, 1969
Lemaire Gallery, Amsterdam, 1969