Netsuke: "no" demon mask of "ko-beshimi" type · Japan · ID: 3039269
sold
EUR 250
Provenance
German Private CollectionSize
H: 5,5 cm
H: 2.2 inch
Description
wood (boxwood?), rich brown patina, ferocious facial features with wrathful puckered eyebrows and compressed lips, drilled pupils (probably once with inlay), engraved signature backside, beautiful used patina
The object Netsuke: “no” demon mask of “ko-beshimi” type with the object ID 3039269 was last part of the auction 81st Tribal Art Auction at October 31, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 33 achieved a sales price of EUR 250.
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Comparing literature
Jirka-Schmitz, Patrizia, Netsuke, Stuttgart 2000, p. 229