Lot 780
  • 780

Three various wood mask netsuke, 19th century

Estimate
1,200 - 1,500 GBP
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Description

  • 5.1, 5.4 and 3.5cm., 2, 2 1/8 and 1 3/8 in.
the First of karasu tengu, the hawk-faced creature in well patinated boxwood, signed Deme Uman tenka-ichi; the Second of Kitsune, the large fox mask with loose lower jaw and gilt painted teeth and eyes, signed Haruuji; the Third of Okame, lacquered grey and brown, unsigned  

Provenance

The First, W.L. Behrens collection
Albert Brockhaus collection
The Second, Raymond and Frances Bushell collection

Exhibited

Eskenazi Ltd., June 1998