A FINE RUSSET IRON SO-MEN of two piece construction, the upper part detachable, the cheeks and forehead lightly wrinkled, the separate ears riveted on, the interior red lacquered, the yodarekake lacking, inscribed Miochin Munesuke, early 17th century

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A FINE RUSSET IRON SO-MEN of two piece construction, the upper part detachable, the cheeks and forehead lightly wrinkled, the separate ears riveted on, the interior red lacquered, the yodarekake lacking, inscribed Miochin Munesuke, early 17th century

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See Katchu-Men by K. Iida page 135, pl. 121 for a very similar so-men now in the Tokyo National Museum. This is signed Washu ju Masanobu and dated to the Momoyama period. This piece would seem to be from the same hand

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