Maître Christophe HERBELIN
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Nuo mask. Depiction of Tudi Gong, god of the earth and grain…
See original version (French)
52
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Nuo mask. Depiction of Tudi Gong, god of the earth and grain…
See original version (French)
Estimate €200 - €300
Voluntary lot
Description
Nuo mask. Depiction of Tudi Gong, god of the earth and grain. A benevolent local deity who brings happiness to his village. His mask plays the leading role in the annual exorcism procession; it is he who opens the ceremony by invoking the primordial ancestral couple, Fuxi and Nuwa.
China, Guangxi Province
Height: 22 cm
Ref. Yves Créhalet, ‘Le masque de la Chine’, Actes Sud, 2007.
See original version (French)
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10/14/2026 at 1:30 PM
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