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The Chinese Mask...
China
Death Mask
China. Quidan people, Liao Dynasty (907-1125)
Gilded bronze, excavation patina
Height: 24.5 cm
Former collection of Michael Steinhardt
Inv: 221-52
The poem in translation:
The light is concentrated
in the gold where I close my eyes.
Through my eyelids, I see
the sleep of my descendants;
I slip into their dreams
to give them my news
and light up the impasses
where adversity lies in wait
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The Indonesian Mask...
Indonesia Facial mask, Wayang Topeng theatre Island of Java, Indonesia Polychrome wood (white, black, several shades of red) Height: 21cm Former collection of Professor Czeschka, Hamburg; acquired before 1918 The poem in translation: Bewitcher, I observe ...
