A Lacquered-Iron Face Mask (Menpo)
A Lacquered-Iron Face Mask (Menpo)

EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)

细节
A Lacquered-Iron Face Mask (Menpo)
Edo period (19th century)
Forged with wrinkles on the cheeks and at the corners of the mouth, with a hinged nose piece, the surface lacquered black and the lips red; applied with a boar-bristle moustache and chin tuft; fitted with a four-lame solid-plate throat guard lacquered gold and laced in green, orange and white
8¾in. (22cm.) long, including throat guard