TWO JAPANESE WOOD MASK NETSUKE

TWO JAPANESE WOOD MASK NETSUKE
EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

The first depicting a slit-eyed man with deep lines across his forehead, with remnants of red staining to the lips, signed Deme Joman to the back; the other, of a horned oni with metal-inlaid pupils, unsigned, 3.9cm and 4.8cm respectively. (2)

Provenance: both from the netsuke collection of Peter E. Müller; the first numbered no.210, the other no.38.