San Xing Dui Bronze Mask (2016)

The San Xing Dui Bronze Mask is a Museum-quality treasure and one of Matt Vegh's core collection pieces, which he began painting in 2016 and completed just prior to his first solo exhibition at the Chengdu IFS "Hidden Gem" Exhibition in 2017 where he started his incredible sales trajectory. The San Xing Dui Bronze Mask debuted at this show, but was not for sale. It is a behemoth of a piece weighing over 22 pounds, as it is constructed over a long period of time with layer upon layer upon layer of oil paint interspersed with sand and metallic acrylics. After a decade, it is probably still not fully cured to the core of the Elephant Tusks. Matt Vegh has a long history with the San Xing Dui Museum. He has published a graphic novel series in China about San Xing Dui in 2005-2006, twice optioned his sci-fi screenplay trilogy SXD: Middle Kingdom (it was on the cover of the Hollywood Reporter (Cannes Daily No.1) in 2015 and Matt Vegh, along with Yi Nan, loaned 10 paintings to the San Xing Dui Museum in 2016-2017 and also displayed his Jinsha Sacrifice painting along with his Temples of AI painting (in collab with his son Nathaniel Vegh) in the museum as well. The San Xing Dui Museum Director personally collected and owns Matt Vegh's early work. The ancient Shu Civilization Jinsha Museum, the calling card Museum for the city of Chengdu, officially supported Matt Vegh's Zodiac Legacy Exhibition in early 2026 and gave him the unprecedented permission to use the copyrighted, national symbol of the Golden Sunbird in 3 of his painted works.