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Gigaku Mask of Young Persian Boy (Taikōji)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The mask depicts a smiling young boy's face with a smooth, rounded head. The face is weathered and worn with patches of black, white, and orange paint. The eyes are closed, and the eyebrows are not visible. The nose is small and straight. The ears are small and rounded. The mouth curves upward in a smile, and the lips are thin. The background is a gradient from dark gray at the top to light gray at the bottom.

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763 × 900 px
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