Noh Mask of Shishiguchi (Lion Mouth)

EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)

细节

Noh Mask of Shishiguchi (Lion Mouth)
EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
Polychrome pigments and gesso over wood, eyes gilt metal, teeth with gold-lacquer highlights
9in. (22.8cm.) long
With one storage bag

来源

Yamanouchi Family, Tosa Province
Kawasaki Family, Kochi Prefecture

拍品专文

This mask is used for lion roles, notably the lion dance among peonies in the play Shakkyo (The Stone Bridge). The setting is a stone bridge crossing a ravine near a famous Buddhist site in China.

For another example of a Shishiguchi mask, see Christie's New York, 29 September, 2004, lot 329.