Zemanek-Münster
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.

Comparing literature

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

Asia
Masks

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