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New Acquisition: Fred A. Freund Collection 2017 addition

  • Post Date: 4/12/2018
  • Author: Amy Heggemeyer
  • Reading Time: 1 minute read

2017.13—Freund donation
The 2017 Fred A. Freund collection donation consists of a set of miniature masks by the artist Kano Tessai that depict the Gigaku dance-drama, a figure of Liuhai (an immortal figure associated with wealth) made during the Cultural Revolution, a Zhong Kui (the Demon Hunter) figure, a Ruyi (scepter), and a bamboo wine vessel, called a Zun.

  • tomobako container full of miniature gigaku masks
  • a Ruyi scepter, intricately and finely carved
  • front view of a wine vessel with a ram's head on the front
  • back view of the wine vessel
  • a small figure of a young man, carved finely and donning military clothing
  • bamboo carving of a man and two figures on a goat

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Fred A. Freund Collection 2017 addition (2017.13)