Lot 33
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A Good Ko-Omote Mask
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A Good Ko-Omote Mask

SIGNED TATSUEMON, EDO PERIOD (17TH OR 18TH CENTURY)

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A Good Ko-Omote Mask
Signed Tatsuemon, Edo Period (17th or 18th Century)
With the standard false eyebrows set high on the forehead, modelled in carved wood with gesso and pigment, signed in carved katakana on the reverse Tatsuemon with a kao, slight old wear
8¼ x 5 1/8in. (21.0 x 13.0cm.)
Provenance
Henri Vever
Collections de la Chine et du Japan, Rue St. Georges 14, Paris
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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

Lot Essay

This mask is used in No dramas featuring female members of the Heian- period aristocracy, such as Matsukaze, Izutsu and Hagoromo. The name of the semi-legendary mask-carver Tatsuemon, thought to have lived in the thirteenth century, was frequently added to Edo period masks.

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