Archival Note Card | Chinese Opera Masks - #28

Orange-and-black mask tilts forward with scrolling blue curls beside the eyes.

This archival note card from the chinese opera masks series, no. 28, titled "red wings". 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. Slim card with a dark cap over a face of orange, red and navy swirls. Tall grey blades fan out to the sides, a small pink face peeks from the beard, and a long grey-green beard fills the lower half. It is 4.25 inches long and 5.5 high.

Plenty of curls, and a surprise tucked in the beard.