Mask
Mask
18th/19th century
18th/19th century
| Artist/Maker |
Wood coated mask with lacquer, gilded with traces of red pigment on the lips and mirror glass set in the crown. The mask evidently represents the crowned Buddha but the urna is not indicated and the usnisa is missing.
Object details
| Object type | |
| Title | Mask |
| Materials and techniques | wood, lacquer, gilded, pigment, mirror glass |
| Brief description | Crowned Buddha; Sculpture, wood, lacquer gilt, Burma, C19 |
| Physical description | Wood coated mask with lacquer, gilded with traces of red pigment on the lips and mirror glass set in the crown. The mask evidently represents the crowned Buddha but the urna is not indicated and the usnisa is missing. |
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| Object history | Bequeathed by the late W. Braxton Sinclair. (by Mary Simpson) Found by the owner in a case in Burma and claimed to be very old. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | IS.42-1963 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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