ID 398057
Lot 64 | AN IRON SOMEN (FULL FACE MASK)
Estimate value
$ 8 000 – 12 000
EDO PERIOD (17TH-18TH CENTURY), SIGNED MYOCHIN MUNESUKE
A russet iron somen (full face mask) boldly modelled and made in three main pieces, a brow plate with bold crisp eyebrows and wrinkles hinged to the mask, the nose attached with turning pins, chin and cheeks well defined, applied with two odayori no kugi (cord hooks) beneath the chin, red lacquered interior, with two-tier yodare-kake (bib) of matching kittsukezane
8 ¼ x 6 ½ in. (21 x 16.5 cm.) without bib
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