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MASKS AND HELMETS
Various Properties

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A MENPO (HALF MASK) AN IRON TENGU SOMEN (MASK)
Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century
A black-lacquered mask with detachable nose protector, natural The elongated mask in russet iron of two main pieces, embossed with
hair mustache and beard, the three-lame yodarekake (throat guard) wrinkles and eyebrows, the beak riveted on and the ears brought on
laced in sugake odoshi style, the ear guards and the underside of the separately, the surface decorated in brass and silver, on the nose the
chin pierced with mutsuboshi-mon, the jo-mon of the Toda family of bonji (Sanskrit character) for Fudo Myo-o (Acala), scrolls on the cheeks
Matsumoto; unsigned. 22.2cm (8¾in) high. and clouds on the forehead, on either cheek iron rings for the helmet
cord, the interior black lacquered, a four-lame itamono yodarekake
£3,000 - 3,500 black-lacquered and laced in kebiki odoshi; unsigned.
JPY450,000 - 530,000 36cm (14 1/8in) high.
US$4,200 - 4,900
£2,500 - 3,500
JPY380,000 - 530,000
US$3,500 - 4,900

Provenance
Sold at Christie’s, New York, 18 September 2008, lot 341.

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