![A tengu men [face mask formed as a tengu] | Edo period, 17th century](https://dam.sothebys.com/dam/image/lot/17c25d84-1cea-4db0-8d55-5fe5fe9500a7/primary/extra_small)
The Samurai: Japanese Arms and Armour
The Samurai: Japanese Arms and Armour
![View full screen - View 1 of Lot 27. A tengu men [face mask formed as a tengu] | Edo period, 17th century.](https://sothebys-md.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/e2a1461/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1500x2000+0+0/resize/385x513!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsothebys-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fmedia-desk%2F84%2Fed%2F4bd62f9b4c89aa25e6ab4ee1010e%2Fl21229-c24cd-01-t3.jpg)
Property from an American Collection
A tengu men [face mask formed as a tengu] | Edo period, 17th century
Lot Closed
November 2, 02:31 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from an American Collection
A tengu men [face mask formed as a tengu]
Edo period, 17th century
the black lacquer mask with prominent pointed jaw and detachable nose plate, the nose modelled after a mythical tengu, red lacquer interior, four-tiered yodaregake [throat protecter] with sugake odoshi [spaced lacing] in light yellow braid