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A RARE LACQUERED IRON MASK NETSUKE DEPICTING A TENGU SOMEN
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2023年04月28日 开拍 / 2023年04月26日 截止委托
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A RARE LACQUERED IRON MASK NETSUKE DEPICTING A TENGU SOMEN
Unsigned
Japan, 19th century

Published: Rutherston, Max (2017) Japanese Masks, Peter E. Müller, no. 203.

Finely cast and assembled in sections with embossed eyebrows, wrinkles, prominent cheeks and chin, and an extended beak-like nose plate, the chin with two pegs, the exterior and interior lacquered black and reddish-brown to simulate rust. Natural himotoshi. The underside of the chin with a pierced inome (boar’s eye).

HEIGHT 5.1 cm
WEIGHT 18.5 g

Condition: Very good condition with minor and simulated wear. One rivet lost to the side.
Provenance: Ex-collection Peter E. Müller, no. 203. Matthew Barton Ltd., 6 June 2018, lot 217. European private collection P. Jacquesson, acquired from the above.

The existence of somen (full masks) goes back to the Muromachi Period but quickly declined in popularity as the full-coverage of the face was found to be uncomfortable and impractical since it did not provide any functional advantage. They continued to be made as showpieces for high-ranking lords as opposed to practical armor accoutrements. Mask netsuke of this type are very rare, the present example being possibly unique.

Literature comparison:
Compare a wood netsuke depicting a menpo signed Sankyu, illustrated in Joly, Henri L. (1966) The W. L. Behrens Collection, Part 1, Netsuke, pl. III, no. 139, and in Meinertzhagen, Frederick / Lazarnick, George (1986) MCI, Part B, p. 694, where Meinertzhagen mentions a similar netsuke by Hoichi in ebony in the T. Seligman and subsequently W.W. Winkworth collection. This netsuke is also mentioned in the MCI, Part A, p. 584, where it is described as a “Mask (minus the forehead) of a Man with large nose”, indicating it is a tengu menpo. The Sankyu netsuke was also sold at Kunsthandel Klefisch, 23 May 1981, lot 189.

Museum comparison:
Compare a lacquered iron mask inscribed by Myochin Muneakira, dated 1713, 21.7 cm high, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 14.100.45.

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