Masque facial "Tudigong" ou "Tudishen", 19e siècle · Chine · ID: 3048551
Vendu
900 €
Provenance
Jack Nelis, The Hague, The Netherlands (acquired in Beijing in the late 1990s)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.
Littérature comparée
Créhalet, Yves, Le Masque de la Chine, o.O. 2007, p. 94 ff.