Japanese Works of Art - 15th November 2022
Lot 166
A JAPANESE NOH MASK OF HANNYA
Estimate £80 - £120 | Hammer £150
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Description
A JAPANESE NOH MASK OF HANNYA
MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY
Carved in wood and painted in polychrome over gesso, the eyes rendered in gilt metal; the ferocious witch with pointy horns and baring her fangs, the reverse signed, with a paper label possibly reading 'Au bon Marché' after the Parisian department store, 26cm.
Provenance: an Irish private collection, Dublin.
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