Ceramic Mask Netsuke
Obeshimi
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: ~40 x 27 x 19 mm
Weight: ~11 grams
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: The himôtoshi cord tunnel is on the reverse, through the bridge. A well-made unglazed ceramic mennetsuké (mask netsuké) depicting Nô/Kyôgen a theater mask of Ôbeshimi (a fierce god with tightly closed lips), one of the oldest
masks.
Location:
Material: Ceramic
Age: 1910-1920s / Taishô or early Shôwa Period
Origin/Maker: Unsigned. Similar netsuke made by Sekiho, Sekisen, and Onko.
Size: ~40 x 27 x 19 mm
Weight: ~11 grams
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: The himôtoshi cord tunnel is on the reverse, through the bridge. A well-made unglazed ceramic mennetsuké (mask netsuké) depicting Nô/Kyôgen a theater mask of Ôbeshimi (a fierce god with tightly closed lips), one of the oldest
masks.
Location:
