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Box NRI2/8/14/1

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Contains 2 Results:

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5 clay models of Peking Opera masks, c.1952-1984

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Reference Code: GBR/1928/NRI/NRI2/8/14/1
Scope and Contents

These are Peking Opera faces 京劇臉譜 of various martial characters: Ching Te [Jing De 敬德]; Wei Yen Shao [Xu Yanzhao 徐延昭]; Chang Hao [Zhang He 張郃]; Hsia Hou Chou [Xiahou Yuan 夏侯淵]; and Chiang Wei [Jiang Wei 姜維]. They are brightly painted and have long fabric beards. The names are inscribed on the back.

Dates: c.1952-1984
 Sub-Fonds

Masks, c.1952-1985

 Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/1928/NRI/NRI2/8/14
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

These are objects collected by, given to, or worn by Joseph Needham, Dorothy Needham and Lu Gwei-Djen. Objects given to the Needham Research Institute are catalogued as NRI 1

Dates: c.1952-1985