The small mask carver is working hard on a highly expressive mask, larger than the man himself, lying on the ground. The mask with courtly headpiece might be the thunder god Kaminari, also known as Raiden. The demonic face with staring, black inlaid eyes under wild bushy brows and mouth wide open. The work’s stunningly precise details are partly executed in a realist manner, like the spread, muscular legs or the man’s face with an expression almost as wild as that of the thunder god, possibly meant to depict the wind god Futen. Signed on the underside on the mask GYOKUZAN.

Category:

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Subcategory:

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Subject:

Mythological

Material:

Ivory

Age/Country:

19th Century

Artist:

Gyokuzan

Provenance/Owner:

Galerie Zacke

Signed:

signed

Type:

Katabori

Height:

28mm mm

Width:

mm

Depth:

mm

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