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Lot 166

MASQUE DE CHITIPATI EN PAPIER-MÂCHÉ POLYCHROME
MONGOLIE, XIXE SIÈCLE

15 December 2022, 14:00 CET
Paris, Avenue Hoche

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MASQUE DE CHITIPATI EN PAPIER-MÂCHÉ POLYCHROME

MONGOLIE, XIXE SIÈCLE
With a mounted gilt copper alloy and inset diadem; together with a silk banner.
Himalayan Art Resources item no. 205070
41 cm (16 1/8 in.) high

Footnotes

A POLYCHROMED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ CHITIPATI MASK
MONGOLIA, 19TH CENTURY

蒙古 十九世紀 紙塑加彩屍陀林主面具

Chitipati masks with a five-skull diadem crown as represented here, were worn during Tibetan ritual dance ceremonies throughout the Himalayas and Mongolia. Their wrathful appearance can be likened to a momento mori, acting a reminder of death and the impermanence of all things. Constructed of layers of papier-mâché and decorated with additions of clay pieces, this mask is also elaborated with a gilded band inset with semi-precious stones as the rim of the crown. Compare to another papier-mâché wearing a five-pointed crown in this sale, see lot 164.

Exhibited:
Remember That You Will Die, Rubin Museum of Art, New York, 19 March - 9 August, 2010.

Provenance:
Spink & Son Ltd., London, 1990s

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