Somen menpo. Early Edo-period - image-1

Lot 569 Dα

Somen menpo. Early Edo-period

Auction 1179 - overview Cologne
25.06.2021, 11:00 - Asiatische Kunst
Estimate: 3.000 € - 3.500 €
Result: 3.000 € (incl. premium)
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Somen menpo. Early Edo-period

The russet-iron mask pierced with large eye-holes, embossed with curling eyebrows, deeply furrowed forehead and facial wrinkles, and with three odayori no kugi (cord hooks) under the chin, the two-tier sage (throat guard) of black-lacquered itazane, with signature under chin.

The russet-iron mask pierced with large eye-holes, embossed with curling eyebrows, deeply furrowed forehead and facial wrinkles, and with three odayori no kugi (cord hooks) under the chin, the two-tier sage (throat guard) of black-lacquered itazane, with signature under chin

Provenance

Kyoto Gallery, Brussels

Literature

A similar piece illustrated in: Ian Bottomley, Japanese Armor, The Galeno Collection, Seattle 2005, p. 167