Netsuke: "no" demon mask of "ko-beshimi" type · Japon · ID: 3039269
Vendu
250 €
Provenance
German Private CollectionDescription
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
Littérature comparée
Jirka-Schmitz, Patrizia, Netsuke, Stuttgart 2000, p. 229