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KANO TESSAI (1845-1925)
A miniature Ranryo-o mask
Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926)
era, early 20th century
Carved in wood and decorated in
polychrome pigments and gilt as Ranryo-o,
the eyes separately carved and free moving
and the lower jaw suspended by a cord,
applied with boar-bristle eyebrows, mustache
and beard, inscribed on the interior Ryo-o
With a wood tomobako storage box
inscribed Himuro Jinja homotsu o naratte
Bugaku Ryo-o men (Copied from a bugaku
mask of Ryo-o treasured by the Himuro
Shrine, in Nara) and signed and sealed by
the artist
5 7/8in (15cm) high

547 $1,500 - 2,000
548
KANO TESSAI (1845-1925)
A lacquered burlwood mokugyo (Buddhist
liturgical drum)
Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926)
era, dated 1919
The bulbous asymmetrical and hollow
specimen worked to closely resemble a
curled fish, with silk pad and attenuated
wood mallet incised with wishes for global
peace and a quotation from the Hannya
shingyo; the lengthy inscription on the
wood storage box including the Tsuchinoto-
hitsuji year (1919), red seal, kao, and
signature Tessai Doshi
10 5/8in (27cm) length of mokugyo

$3,000-5,000
Provenance
Purchased from Kanegae Oriental Antiques,
Kyoto, 1998
549
KANO TESSAI (1845-1925)
A burlwood pipe case and tobacco pouch
Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926)
era, late 19th/early 20th century
The pipe case decorated with Fujin and
Raijin, the gods of wind and thunder,
in kebori and colored pigments,
signed Tessai and with a kao, the tobacco
pouch of tooled and dyed leather with
a Western-style figure holding fruiting
branches; fitted with a coral bead ojime
9in (22.8cm) long, the pipe case

$1,200 - 1,800

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