Lot 783
  • 783

Two Mask Netsuke by Matsuki Hokei and Deme Uman, 19th century

Estimate
1,200 - 1,500 GBP
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Description

  • 4.8 and 5.7cm., 1 7/8 and 2 1/4 in.
the First of carved red lacquer, a comic mask with protruding fangs, the reverse lacquered black, signed Hokei; the Second of an oni, boldly carved in boxwood which is well patinated, signed Deme Uman

Exhibited

Eskenazi Ltd., June 1998