Demon mask "ryu oni" with horns · Japan · ID: 3037039
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Provenance
Werner Krauß, Vienna, AustriaZemanek-Münster, 3. März 2012, lot 136
Yann Ferrandin, Paris, France
Size
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)
The object Demon mask “ryu oni” with horns with the object ID 3037039 was last part of the auction 77th tribal art auction at June 28, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 35.
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Comparing literature
Congdon-Martin, Douglas, Pieper, Jim, Masks of the world, California 1999, p. 80