Maître Christophe HERBELIN
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Nuo mask, depicting Manggao, a deity of the Miao people in t…
See original version (French)
53
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Nuo mask, depicting Manggao, a deity of the Miao people in t…
See original version (French)
Estimate €400 - €600
Voluntary lot
Description
Nuo mask, depicting Manggao, a deity of the Miao people in the Rongshui region. The figure is crowned with the head of a demon-hunting tiger. It is thought to have led exorcism processions.
China, Guangxi Province. 19th century
Height: 34 cm.
Reproduced in Yves Créhalet, *Le masque de la Chine* (Actes Sud, 2007), p. 175, and displayed at the ‘Masks of China’ exhibition at the Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris, in 2007.
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10/14/2026 at 1:30 PM
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