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A RARE GOLD FUNERARY MASK, JAVA, 3RD CENTURY BC OR EARLIER
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2024年10月18日 开拍
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A RARE GOLD FUNERARY MASK, JAVA, 3RD CENTURY BC OR EARLIER

Indonesia. Hammered and embossed from a single thin sheet of gold, the face with almond-shaped eyes and elegantly arched brows, the eyelids and mouth delicately opened with minute vertical incision work imitating lashes and teeth, the nose pierced with apertures for the nostrils.

Provenance: Galerie Pascassio Manfredi, Paris, France, 2017. A private collection in Paris, France, acquired from the above. A copy of the certificate of authenticity written and signed by Davide Manfredi of Pascassio Manfredi, dated 15 April 2017 and confirming the dating above, accompanies this lot. Galerie Pascassio Manfredi, owned and operated by Alexandra Pascassio and Davide Manfredi in Paris since 2008, specializes in ancient art from Southeast Asia, with a focus on the tribal arts of Indonesia and the Philippines. Davide Manfredi, who has traveled extensively in the region since the 1970s, brings deep expertise to the gallery. Their clientele includes prominent private collectors of tribal art in Europe, North America, and Asia. The gallery has also placed objects in the collections of esteemed institutions such as the Musée du Quai Branly, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museo Pigorini, the Yale University Art Gallery, the National Gallery of Australia, and the Asian Civilizations Museum.
Condition: Ancient wear, signs of weathering and erosion, tarnishing, dents, tears, obvious losses.

Weight: 14 g
Dimensions: Length 14.4 cm

Expert’s note:
Gold funerary masks, discovered in ancient burial sites across Java, played a significant ritual role in guiding the deceased into the afterlife. These masks were carefully sewn onto the funerary shrouds, serving as both protective and symbolic objects, believed to aid the spirit's journey beyond death. Their presence in these graves highlights the importance of funerary customs and the belief in an afterlife in ancient Javanese culture.

Literature comparison:
Compare a related gold funerary mask, 22.6 cm high, 60.857 g, dated to the Preclassic period (ca. 500 BC to 200 AD), in the Yale University Art Gallery, accession number 2008.21.90, exhibited in Old Javanese Gold: The Hunter Thompson Collection, 25 March-14 August 2011, and illustrated in the catalogue, p. 101, pl. 7. Compare a related gold funerary mask, 19.1 cm high, dated 5th century or earlier, in the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, object number 2004.2231.

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