A Chinese silver dead-mask
Liao dynasty (907-1125)
Modelled in the repoussé technique, with oval face, with well-defined mouth, aquiline nose with pierced nostrils and slit eyes, with remains of original gilding.
H. 19.5 cm
Provenance:
- Collection Michel Paciello, Venice (1999)
- Collection Drs. Koos de Jong, Amsterdam
Compare:
- C. Deydier, Les Bronzes Chinoises, Paris 1980, p. 168, fig. 129
- [exhib. cat.] Schätze der Liao. Chinas vergessene Nomadendynastie 907-1125, Museum Rietberg, Zürich 2006, no. 6, pp. 108-109
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Liao dynasty (907-1125)
Modelled in the repoussé technique, with oval face, with well-defined mouth, aquiline nose with pierced nostrils and slit eyes, with remains of original gilding.
H. 19.5 cm
Provenance:
- Collection Michel Paciello, Venice (1999)
- Collection Drs. Koos de Jong, Amsterdam
Compare:
- C. Deydier, Les Bronzes Chinoises, Paris 1980, p. 168, fig. 129
- [exhib. cat.] Schätze der Liao. Chinas vergessene Nomadendynastie 907-1125, Museum Rietberg, Zürich 2006, no. 6, pp. 108-109
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