SOUTH EAST ASIAN 'BUTTERFLY' FACE MASK 4th-3rd century BC A slightly domed ceramic funerary(?) mask with incised linear butterfly detailing; attachment hole to the lower edge. 163 grams, 14.5cm (5 3/4"). [No Reserve] Condition Fine condition. Provenance Property of a South East Asia collector; formerly acquired on the Asian art market before 2000. Literature See discussion of ceramics in Mijares, A.S.B. The Archaeology of Peñablanca Cave Sites, Northern Luzon, Philippines in Journal of Austronesian Studies 1(2), December 2005; and Thiel, B. Excavations at Musang Cave, Northeast Luzon, Philippines, in Asian Perspectives Vol. 28, no. 1.
SOUTH EAST ASIAN 'BUTTERFLY' FACE MASK 4th-3rd century BC A slightly domed ceramic funerary(?) mask with incised linear butterfly detailing; attachment hole to the lower edge. 163 grams, 14.5cm (5 3/4"). [No Reserve] Condition Fine condition. Provenance Property of a South East Asia collector; formerly acquired on the Asian art market before 2000. Literature See discussion of ceramics in Mijares, A.S.B. The Archaeology of Peñablanca Cave Sites, Northern Luzon, Philippines in Journal of Austronesian Studies 1(2), December 2005; and Thiel, B. Excavations at Musang Cave, Northeast Luzon, Philippines, in Asian Perspectives Vol. 28, no. 1.
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