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A Chinese funerary mask
作品估价：GBP 10
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拍品名称：
A Chinese funerary mask
拍品描述：
A Chinese funerary mask, Liao Dynasty (907-1125), the thin silver sheet formed as a man's face with incised lines indicating the facial hair, and apertures at the eyes, nostrils, mouth, and ear-lobes, 22.8cm long x 24.5cm wide, wood standProvenance:Private Collection. Art Treasure Gallery, Hong Kong, March 2008.It was a practice of the Khitan royals to cover the face of the deceased with a metal mask. Recent archaeological excavations have recovered numerous masks from Liao tombs in Inner Mongolia and Liaoning, the home base of the semi-nomadic Khitans from the 10th through the 12th century. The nomadic Khitan people buried their high-ranking men and women with various amounts of metal body attire such as a mask like this one for the face and a suit woven from wire for the body. The masks were highly personalized and fashioned in a variety of shapes and sizes, the type of metal depending on the class of the wearer. The simplest were made of thinly hammered bronze, in rare cases, silver, gilt bronze and high karat gold were reserved for the elite. See similar examples in the Musée Guimet, Paris, reference no. MA 2352.Please note this lot is to be sold without reserve.遼 銀鎏金覆面拍品來源：英國私人收藏，2008年3月購自香港* 請注意本品不設底價
varnished surface and cracks
varnished surface and cracks