Lot Essay
The tengu is a variant on a model of the long-nosed tengu mask wrapped in a furoshiki (large square cloth) with an outline resembling Mt. Fuji.
Details
TENGU MASK
Stag antler, signed Koku [Kokusai]
Mid-late 19th Century
1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm.) high
Stag antler, signed Koku [Kokusai]
Mid-late 19th Century
1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm.) high
Literature
Raymond Bushell, Netsuke Masks, Kodansha International, 1985, fig. 321; Collectors' Encyclopedia of Antiques, 1973 (reprinted 1988), p. 563; Raymond Bushell, Netsuke, An Exhibition of Netsuke from the Raymond Bushell Collection, Mikimoto, Tokyo, 1979, fig. 454