Gilt Bronze Death Mask
Dateearly 10th - early 12th Century
Maker
Chinese
Object number43.10
ProvenanceYamanaka & Co., Inc, United States, to 1942; [liquidation sale by Alien Property Custodian, Yamanaka & Co., Inc., 1943, lot 79]; purchased from Yamanaka Liquidation Sale by Seattle Art Museum, 1943
Exhibition HistoryRoyal Ontario Museum, "Masks: The Many Faces of Man," (1959)
University of St. Thomas, Houston, Texas, "Persona Grata, Masks," (1960)
New Orleans, Isaac Delgado Museum of Art, "Masks and Masquerades," (1961)Published ReferencesNew Orleans, Isaac Delgado Museum of Art, "Masks and Masquerades," (1961), cat., no. 133
University of St. Thomas, Houston, Texas, "Persona Grata," (1960), cat., no. 32, ill.
Royal Ontario Museum, "Masks," (1959), cat., no. E19
Minkenhof, S. H. "Date and Provenance of Death Masks of the Far East," in Artibus Asiae, vol. 14, no. 1/2 (1951), pp. 62-71, illus. p. 65, fig. 3Credit LineThomas D. Stimson Memorial Collection
Dimensions8 3/8 x 6 7/8 in. (21.3 x 17.5 cm)
MediumBronze with gilt
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