Netsuke: "no" demon mask of "ko-beshimi" type ·  Japon · ID: 3039269

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

Littérature comparée

Jirka-Schmitz, Patrizia, Netsuke, Stuttgart 2000, p. 229