A JAPANESE LACQUER MASK OF A NYO

£100 - £200 £126

A JAPANESE LACQUER MASK OF A NYO
MEIJI OR LATER, 20TH CENTURY

The Buddhist Guardian God depicted with a ferocious expression, the skin rendered in red and black negoro lacquer, the eyes and crown with remnants of silver-colour pigment and the hair a dark green; 37cm.

Provenance: an English private collection, Somerset, purchased in Japan.