Golden Mask, Floral Headdress

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A highly detailed painting in the art nouveau style, featuring a woman with a gold mask and an elaborate floral and butterfly headdress. The color palette consists of soft, muted tones of gold, cream, pale blue, and grey. Her face is in profile, with a subtle smirk and a visible eye that peeks out from under the mask. There is another full eye on the mask itself, giving the impression of an additional face or a mask within a mask. Her neck is adorned with vertical stripes of gold, light grey, and dark blue. A smaller, blonde-haired girl with curly hair and blue eyes is visible in the lower right, wearing a blue hat and also looking directly at the viewer. Both women are surrounded by a stylized arrangement of leaves, berries, and swirling patterns. The background features more vertical stripes and subtle textures, along with a large, golden spiral in the upper right corner. Japanese or Chinese characters are present on the left side of the image, along with red seal stamps.