NEPAL - Lot 220

NEPAL Carved wooden mask, known as “The Weeping Man,” with a flat face featuring two slender, almond-shaped eyes, a straight nose, a small openwork mouth, and a face framed by two C-shaped ears. Mounting holes at the top of the skull. Cracked layer of plaster from wear. (missing). H. 30 cm. Export stamp. Bears inventory number 136/89/17. Base. Provenance: - S. Sauvenière Collection References: - Exhibited in the “Masks of the Himalayas” exhibition, Bernard and Caroline de Watteville Foundation, Martigny (Switzerland), May 2009–December 2010

Estimate:£4,231.84

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