Project Description

Lacquered wood mask netsuke of Kongo-Rikishi, by Kano Tessai

Signed: Tessai with kaō. Circa 1900-25

4.9cm high

In its original box, signed and sealed by the artist

Provenance:

Peter E. Müller, Küsnacht

Literature:

Max Rutherston, “Japanese Masks, Peter E. Müller”, privately printed, 2017, no. 9.

MR2320