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A LACQUERED WOOD GIGAKU MASK NETSUKE OF CHIDO
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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 LACQUERED WOOD GIGAKU MASK NETSUKE OF CHIDO
By Kano Tessai (1845-1925), signed Tessai 銕哉 to 刀 and kakihan
Japan, Nara, late 19th to early 20th century

Finely carved, the smiling face with pierced narrowed eyes and mouth, centered by a long hook nose, his facial features, ears, and wrinkles neatly incised and elegant brows neatly incised, the wood lacquered in brown, black, and red with skillfully executed simulated wear to depict an ancient mask, the himotoshi bar to the reverse signed TESSAI to with a kakihan.

HEIGHT 3.8 cm

Condition: Very good condition with minor and simulated wear.
Provenance: Marsha Vargas, San Francisco, USA. Dutch private collection, acquired from the above.

Chido represents a man of impressive and dignified bearing who may have been the herald of the Gigaku pageant. See Bushell, Raymond (1985), Netsuke Masks, p. 68.

Kano Tessai (1845-1925) came from a Gifu family and started his life as a Buddhist priest, though his father instructed him in the art of carving. He studied Chinese literature and drawing and was a professor at Tokyo art school in 1872. He was also on the examining committee for investigating the ancient art of Japan and subsequently went to Nara where he engaged in the reproductions of old objects of art, such as the present example. Tessai in particular made mask netsuke copied from the Gigaku masks within the Shoso-in repository, where around 225 examples are preserved representing 15 different roles.

The Shoso-in is the treasure house of the Toda-ji temple in Nara, Japan. From the very beginning, the Shoso-in has been sealed by the Imperial family. One was permitted to enter only with explicit permission from the Imperial family. Ninety-five percent of the fine arts and crafts in the Shoso-in were produced in Japan around the 8th century, with the remainder imported from the Tang Dynasty, Central Asia, India, Iran, etc. during the same period. Although these collections are not open to the public, selections are shown at Nara National Museum once a year in autumn.

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