LATE EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SEALED TENKAICHI YUKAN
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A WOOD NOH MASK
late edo period (19th century), sealed tenkaichi yukan
Carved to represent Kojo (old man), with wrinkles, with applied animal hair and beard, the eyebrows and eyelids painted black, the lips in red, the face yellow-brown
7in. (19.7cm.) long
Lot Essay
For a similar example see Brigit Bernegger, No-Masken im Museum Rietberg Zurich (Zurich: Museum Rietberg, 1993), no. 14.