Beschreibung:

A group of ten wood mask netsukeEdo period (1615-1868) to Showa era (1926-1989), 19th/20th century Comprising a karasu tengu mask, signed Deme Hogen; a small boxwood mask of Ranryo-o, signed Kyoshi; a Kyogen mask of Buaku, signed Deme Uman; a So-school Hannya mask, signed Soya; a mask of Shishiguchi (Lion Mouth), with eyes inlaid in shell and dark horn, signed Kyokusai (Tsukamaoto Kyokusai); a Kyogen mask of a fox, signed Ikko; a Kyogen mask of a grimacing man, the eyes inlaid in dark wood and the mouth highlighted in red pigment, signed Mannen; a painted wood Gigaku mask of Bato, signed Ryuko; a painted wood Gigaku mask of Kongo Rikishi, signed Ryuko; an erotic netsuke of Otafuku wearing a phallic-shaped hood, signed Fukyu (10) 2in (5.1cm) long, the largestFootnotesProvenance The first purchased in Tokyo, 1973 The second purchased from I. M. Chait, Los Angeles, 2013 The third purchased from Murray Sprung, New York, 1974 The fourth purchased from Terry Wingrove, London, 1980 The fifth purchased from Murray Sprung, New York, 1974 The seventh purchased from Otsuki, Kyoto, 1975 The tenth purchased from Yagi, Kyoto, 1972