Two funerary masks - Lot 196

Two funerary masks Left mask Siberia? Undefined alloy : H. 10.5 cm Mask on right Java / Indonesia 5th century BCE - 2nd century CE Gold leaf H. 14 cm This rare Indonesian funerary mask is executed in a style style, with facial features tending towards realism. These funerary rituals must predate the cremation rites cremation rites imported by Hindus and Buddhists, and therefore pre-Classical" period. Bibliographical references: For a mask of the same typology, Cf: John Miksic, "Old Javanese gold. the Hunter Thompson collection", Yale University Art Gallery, 2011. Plate 7 pp 100 and 101 Provenance : - Private collection, Paris Right mask: - Acquired from Galerie Pascassio Mandredi, Paris, April 15, 2017