Netsuke: "no" demon mask of "ko-beshimi" type

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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

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Littérature comparée

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

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