![A FINE TENGU HACHI [HELMET BOWL IN THE FORM OF A MYTHICAL CREATURE]](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2004/CKS/2004_CKS_06915_0033_000(080750).jpg?w=1)
SIGNED MIOCHIN MUNENORI AND DATED TENPO GONEN KINO YE NI GATSU [FEBRUARY FIFTH YEAR OF TENPO - 1835]
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A FINE TENGU HACHI [HELMET BOWL IN THE FORM OF A MYTHICAL CREATURE]
Signed Miochin Munenori and Dated Tenpo Gonen Kino Ye Ni Gatsu [February Fifth Year of Tenpo - 1835]
The russet iron bowl formed as the head of a karasu-tengu, the beak forming the peak of the helmet projecting well forward, the black lacquered eyes surmounted by bold scrolling eyebrows, elfin like ears on either side, the top with a pill box hat worn by priests of the Shugendo sect of Buddhism to which the tengu are closely linked, the underside of the beak and the brow plate lacquered red, signed on the rear plate Miochin Munenori and a kao and dated Tenpo Gonen Kino Ye Ni Gatsu
Signed Miochin Munenori and Dated Tenpo Gonen Kino Ye Ni Gatsu [February Fifth Year of Tenpo - 1835]
The russet iron bowl formed as the head of a karasu-tengu, the beak forming the peak of the helmet projecting well forward, the black lacquered eyes surmounted by bold scrolling eyebrows, elfin like ears on either side, the top with a pill box hat worn by priests of the Shugendo sect of Buddhism to which the tengu are closely linked, the underside of the beak and the brow plate lacquered red, signed on the rear plate Miochin Munenori and a kao and dated Tenpo Gonen Kino Ye Ni Gatsu
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