Asian Art Day One - 19th May 2010

Lot 28

A group of six Chinese foxhead masks

Estimate £150 - £250 | Hammer £350

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Description

A group of six Chinese foxhead masks, of varying sizes, Ordos, Warring States period - Western Han (3rd - 2nd century BC), 2.8cm max. Mounted on a wood stand. Provenance: Sackville, 5th Earl of Yarborough. Cf. Museum of East Asian Art, Inaugural Exhibition, Volume II, no. 262 for related examples.