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Anthropomorphic iron face mask, Japan, Size: H: 22 cm (H: 8.7 inch), ID: 3048680
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Lot 21
98th Auction

Anthropomorphic iron face mask ·  Japan · ID: 3048680

sold EUR 1,350
Provenance
Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germany
Karl Reuss, Munich, Germany
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 20 May 2006, Lot 79
Werner Zintl, Worms, Germany
Size
H: 22 cm
H: 8.7 inch

Description

Mask of the “beshimi” type which embodies a demon, and whose special feature is the wide tightly closed mouth.

The object Anthropomorphic iron face mask with the object ID 3048680 was last part of the auction 98th Auction at March 26, 2022 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 21 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,350.

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Comparing literature

Perzynski, Friedrich, Japanische Masken, Zweiter Band, Berlin, Leipzig 1925, p. 87 ff.

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