Demon mask "ryu oni" with horns

Japan

not available anymore

Provenance

Werner Krauß, Vienna, Austria
Zemanek-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)

Congdon-Martin, Douglas, Pieper, Jim, Masks of the world, California 1999, p. 80

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