Ceramic Mask Netsuke
Nasori
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Type: Mask Netsuke (Mennetsuke)
Material: Ceramic
Age: 1910-1920s / Taishô or early Shôwa Period
Origin/Maker: Unsigned. Similar netsuke made by Sekiho, Sekisen, and Onko.
Size: ~38 x 25 x 16 mm
Weight: ~10 gram
Provenance: eBay, Seattle, WA. Originally came from a lot of ceramic mennetsuké purchased in the 1980s at the Butterfield & Butterfield Auction House in San Francisco, California
Collected: 27 FEB 2016
Condition:
Subject: A well-made unglazed ceramic mennetsuké(mask netsuké) depicting a Bugaku court dance mask of Nasori (a type of dragon-like demon mask); Bugaku is the Japanese
traditional dance that has been performed to select elites mostly in Japanese imperial courts for over 1,200 years
Location:
Material: Ceramic
Age: 1910-1920s / Taishô or early Shôwa Period
Origin/Maker: Unsigned. Similar netsuke made by Sekiho, Sekisen, and Onko.
Size: ~38 x 25 x 16 mm
Weight: ~10 gram
Provenance: eBay, Seattle, WA. Originally came from a lot of ceramic mennetsuké purchased in the 1980s at the Butterfield & Butterfield Auction House in San Francisco, California
Collected: 27 FEB 2016
Condition:
Subject: A well-made unglazed ceramic mennetsuké(mask netsuké) depicting a Bugaku court dance mask of Nasori (a type of dragon-like demon mask); Bugaku is the Japanese
traditional dance that has been performed to select elites mostly in Japanese imperial courts for over 1,200 years
Location: