Japanese Works of Art - 15th November 2022
Lot 112
A COLLECTION OF JAPANESE MASKS
Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £550
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Description
A COLLECTION OF JAPANESE MASKS
MEIJI ERA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY
Comprising: a large ashtray carved as a demonic face with its mouth wide open; two pottery netsuke, one of Usofuku and the other of Okame, both signed; a metal netsuke of a grimacing face; and two wood netsuke, one of a horned oni and the other of a lion dog for the shishimai dance, with movable lower jaw, signed, 6.8cm max. (6)
Provenance: an Irish private collection, Dublin.
PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.