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A NARA LACQUERED MEMPO
18TH/19TH CENTURY
Of standard form with sharply delineated chin and with scowl lines flanking the mouth and the edges of the cheeks, the mask is fitted with gilt copper teeth, a goatee and a bristling moustache on the separate nosepiece; the surface is covered with a russet sabiagehiramaki-e; a five-lame yodare-kake similarly lacquered; red lacquer interior, unsigned
18TH/19TH CENTURY
Of standard form with sharply delineated chin and with scowl lines flanking the mouth and the edges of the cheeks, the mask is fitted with gilt copper teeth, a goatee and a bristling moustache on the separate nosepiece; the surface is covered with a russet sabiagehiramaki-e; a five-lame yodare-kake similarly lacquered; red lacquer interior, unsigned