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Small Chinese Opera Mask - Zhou Dewei
Makes a beautiful addition to your art works...
Retail - $39.95
Our Price - $34.95
Measures about 8.5 inches Tall x 5.5 inches Wide.
This beautiful hand painted porcelain mask comes with a beautiful box.
The mask is from the Chinese Opera "Zhulian Fortress (Zhulian Zhai)".
The premise is....
The Tang empire is shaken by a peasant uprising headed by Huang Chao. The emperor's envoy goes to warlord Li Keyong for help. Harboring a deep hatred toward the emperor of exiling him. Li refuses to help the Tang emperor. The envoy turns to Li's wife, as he knows that, despite his martial arts skill, Li is henpecked. Li then leads his army to help the emperor. On their way, the army is blocked at Zhulian Fortress by bandit Zhou Dewei. Li defeats Zhou and adopted him as his son.
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