Lot Essay
The 'Hei' in the name is from the 'hei' in Heike and the 'ta' from Taro, a popular name for the first born in a family. The mask is used for the character of a General with experience in the field.
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WITH INSCRIPTION DENSHO, EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY)
Details
A WOOD MASK
With inscription Densho, Edo Period (18th Century)
Of Heita, the yellowish ground over-painted with eyebrows, moustache and beard in sumi, the lips painted red and the eyes red inlaid with copper gilt pupils, some gofun flaking on the chin
20.2cm. high
With inscription Densho, Edo Period (18th Century)
Of Heita, the yellowish ground over-painted with eyebrows, moustache and beard in sumi, the lips painted red and the eyes red inlaid with copper gilt pupils, some gofun flaking on the chin
20.2cm. high
Provenance
H.F.E. Visser, Amsterdam
Exhibited
Museum voor Land - en Volkenkunde, Rotterdam, March - May 1965.
Special notice
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