Project Description

Lacquered wood mask netsuke of Heishitori, by Shoka

Signed: Shoka to. 19th Century

4.9cm high

Provenance:

Peter E. Müller, Küsnacht

Literature:

Max Rutherston, “Japanese Masks, Peter E. Müller”, privately printed, 2017, no. 14

Information:

This is a copy of one of the ancient masks in the collection of the Todaiji temple at Nara.

MR2321