A JAPANESE NOH MASK OF HANNYA

A JAPANESE NOH MASK OF HANNYA

MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY

Carved in wood and painted in polychrome over gesso, the eyes rendered in gilt metal; the ferocious witch with pointy horns and baring her fangs, the reverse signed, with a paper label possibly reading 'Au bon Marché' after the Parisian department store, 26cm.

Provenance: an Irish private collection, Dublin.

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