Face mask "Tudigong" or "Tudishen", 19th century · China · ID: 3048551
sold
EUR 900
Provenance
Jack Nelis, The Hague, The Netherlands (acquired in Beijing in the late 1990s)Size
H: 23 cm
H: 9.1 inch
Description
wood, paint, hair, base
“Tudigong” or “Tudishen” - the “God of the Soil and the Ground”, embodies in Chinese folk religion, Taoism, the protective deity of a locality and the human communities who inhabit it.
The object Face mask “Tudigong” or “Tudishen”, 19th century with the object ID 3048551 was part of the auction 97th Auction on November 6, 2021. The object with the lot number 1 achieved a sales price of EUR 900 with an asking price of EUR 600.
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Comparing literature
Créhalet, Yves, Le Masque de la Chine, o.O. 2007, p. 94 ff.