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Lu Zhishen from The Water Marginfront

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Lu Zhishen from The Water Margin

  • Description

    Although their names are provided in the seal located next to their faces, these two masks are designed for the audience to recognize the characters instantly. The ‘Tattooed Monk’ Lu Zhishen is depicted in his monk’s costume with a spade. The red face and white beard of Huang Gai suggest that he is a faithful old official. The figures are cut out and then dyed with bold colours, which is unusual for papercuts.

  • Details

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    Series
    Shanxi Guangling Folk Papercuts
    Associated place
    Asia › China › Shanxi province › Guangling (place of creation)
    Date
    1987
    Artist/maker
    Zhang Minjin (c. 1915 - 1990s)
    Material and technique
    dye on cut xuan paper
    Dimensions
    16 x 12 cm (height x width)
    Material index
    processed material › paper
    Technique index
    cut,
    coloured › dyed,
    dyed
    Object type index
    visual representation › papercut
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Presented by John Gittings, 2008.
    Accession no.
    EA2008.54.e

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Location

    • currently in research collection

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