Demon mask "ryu oni" with horns · Japan · ID: 3032342
sold
EUR 2,500
Provenance
Werner Krauß, Vienna, AustriaSize
H: 26,5 cm
H: 10.4 inch
Description
wood, dark brown patina, frightening face with glaring eyes, open mouthed and fanged, delicate carved hair, slightly dam., rep. (left horn tip); additional: demon mask in miniature form (h: 9,5 cm), blackish brown wood, expressive form, slightly dam., paint rubbed off
Comparing literature
Congdon-Martin, Douglas, Pieper, Jim, Masks of the world, California 1999, p. 80