SIGNED MITSUNAO, EDO PERIOD (FIRST HALF OF THE 18TH CENTURY)

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A Kasshiki [Young Male Temple Servant] Mask
Signed Mitsunao, Edo Period (First Half of the 18th Century)
Similar to the better-known female masks of Ko-omote and Magojiro but with a distinctive forelock falling over the forehead, modelled in carved wood with gesso and pigment, the reverse black lacquered and inscribed in gold lacquer Zekan and signed Mitsunao, with a kao, slight old damage and repairs
8 3/8 x 5½ in. (21.2 x 14.0cm.)

來源

Henri Vever

注意事項

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium

拍品專文

For similar examples, see Mitsui Bunko, Mitsui-ke kyuzo Nomen [No Masks Previously Stored in Mitsui Family] (Tokyo, 1992), cat. nos. 16 and 17. The sixth master of the Ono Deme family of mask carvers, Hokan Mitsunao died in 1750. ¹

¹ See https://longlife.city.hikone.shiga.jp/museum/letter/54.html and https://www5b.biglobe.ne.jp/~humoku/nousaku.htm.