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