Live Auction
Lot 165
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BIKUNI MASK
Details
BIKUNI MASK
Ivory, unsigned
19th Century
2 in. (5.1 cm.) long, hairline age cracks
Literature
Raymond Bushell,
Netsuke Masks
, Kodansha International, Tokyo, 1985, fig. 143
Lot Essay
The Bikuni mask is used in Kyogen. It represents a middle-aged nun, a gossip and a meddler. She is often seen in the comic play 'The Crying Nun'.