Anthropomorphic iron face mask

Japan

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.

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

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