Netsuke: "no" demon mask "tengu" · Japan · ID: 3039283
sold
EUR 250
Provenance
German Private CollectionSize
H: 4 cm
H: 1.6 inch
Description
wood, remains of red lacquer, nearly rectangular face with an extremely broad mouth, revealing the upper row of teeth, pupils and nostrils drilled, unsigned, abrasion of paint
Comparing literature
Barker, Richard & Lawrence Smith, Netsuke, London 1976, p. 130, ill. 262