Archival Note Card | Chinese Opera Masks - #2

Pale yellow mask with a few dots for eyes and a lilac beard.

This archival note card from the chinese opera masks series, no. 2, titled "the rabbit". It is paper. Chinese opera uses painted face patterns, known as lianpu, in which color and design generally signal a character's temperament, role or moral standing. Tall-format card with a black mat. The face is cream with gold touches and three small dark marks above the nose. A long lavender-purple beard hangs below, and an earth-toned headpiece with a circular emblem sits behind. It is 4.25 inches long and 5.5 high.

Mild-mannered, and dressed entirely in lavender.