Wood Double Mask Netsuke of Okame and Tengu by Shuho
The fairly conventional representaton of Okame does not prepare one for the excellent morose tengu behind, its nostrils serving as himotoshi
Signed beneath the chin.
Height: 4.9 cm
Provenance:
Raymond Bushell, San Francisco
Sold in his sale, Sotheby’s London, 18th November 1999, lot 139 (the verso identified as Hyottoko, with which I disagree)
Purchased by the father of the present vendor
MR5376
