Project Description

Lacquered wood mask netuske of Buddha by Kano Tessai 

Signed ‘Tessai to’ with kaō, in its orginial box, Circa 1900-1925

3.2cm high

Provenance: 

Peter E. Müller, Küsnacht

Literature: 

Max Rutherston, “Japanese Masks, Peter E. Müller”, privately printed, 2017, no. 11

Matthew Barton sale, 6th June 2018, lot 62

MR2322