Japanese Works of Art - 7th December 2020
Lot 375
THREE JAPANESE LACQUERED MASKS
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £350
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Description
THREE JAPANESE LACQUERED MASKS
MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY
The largest in red and black lacquer, carved as a grimacing face with a long beak-like nose, possibly depicting a tengu; another with the eyebrows, moustache and goatee made of hair, sticking its long tongue out, possibly depicting Shishiguchi; the last of smaller size and carved with emaciated cheeks, possibly a portrait of Usofuki, 31cm max. (3)
Provenance: from a deceased estate, Hampshire.