Anthropomorphic iron face mask · Japan · ID: 3048680
sold
EUR 1,350
Provenance
Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich, GermanyKarl 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.