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Lot 663
FOUR TSCHAM WOOD MASKS, PARTLY WITH REMAINS OF PIGMENTS
Estimated Value:
1.000 € - 1.500 €
Result:
1.683 € incl. Premium and VAT
Description:
Western Nepal, Primitive (Gurung, Magar, Rai)29,5x17/ 27,5x18,5/ 21x14/ 26x20,5 cm
An actor of old legends; Mask of a Tamang, middel-west Nepal; Shaman mask with open hairy upper lip and goatee, West Hills, Magar; Mask with false eyes and nose in the shape of a phallus.
Important southern German private collection, acquired from Schoettle Ostasiatica before 2000 - Few cracks, part. damaged
Cf. B. & C. de Wattville: Masques de I'HImalayas. Fondation B. & C. de Wattville, Martigny, 2009: 45-50, 79; Eric Chazot: Les Visages des Dieux. Musée departmental de Saint-Antinoe I'Abbaye Ière, 1995: 27, 29, 30; Marc Petit and Christian Lequindre; Nepal - Chamanisme et Sculpture tribal Infolio, Sept. 2009: 53, 69
