Zemanek-Münster

Netsuke: "no" demon mask "tengu"

Japan
sold EUR 250
Provenance
German Private Collection
Size
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

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