22nd May, 2019 12:00

European & Asian Works of Art

 
Lot 98
 

98

A BHUTA MASK

A BHUTA MASK, SOUTH-WESTERN DECCAN, INDIA, 19TH CENTURY in the form of a fierce face of Bhairava, with pierced almond shaped eyes, upturned moustache, disc earrings and cobra headdress, mounted 25cm high For a note about the Bhuta cult, see previous lot. For two closely related masks in the Museum of Folk and Tribal Art, Gurgaon, see Subhashini Aryan, Unknown Masterpieces of Folk and Tribal Art, Gurgaon 2005, p. 61f., nos. 110 & 111.
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A BHUTA MASK, SOUTH-WESTERN DECCAN, INDIA, 19TH CENTURY in the form of a fierce face of Bhairava, with pierced almond shaped eyes, upturned moustache, disc earrings and cobra headdress, mounted 25cm high For a note about the Bhuta cult, see previous lot. For two closely related masks in the Museum of Folk and Tribal Art, Gurgaon, see Subhashini Aryan, Unknown Masterpieces of Folk and Tribal Art, Gurgaon 2005, p. 61f., nos. 110 & 111.