A ‘Noh’ Mask of Fukai
A ‘Noh’ Mask of Fukai
The classic representation of a middle aged woman with narrow eyes, vertical dimples to either side of the mouth, and start loose hairs around the face, bearing traces of perspiration beneath the nostrils
Unsigned, inscribed ‘Fukai’ in red to the reverse
Wood, polychrome
Japan
18th Century
Size: 20cm high - 7¾ ins high
cf: compare with two Fukai masks in the Steven Marvin collection, Hawaii, illustrated in ‘Heaven has a Face, so Does Hell’ vol. 2. pg. 124-127
The classic representation of a middle aged woman with narrow eyes, vertical dimples to either side of the mouth, and start loose hairs around the face, bearing traces of perspiration beneath the nostrils
Unsigned, inscribed ‘Fukai’ in red to the reverse
Wood, polychrome
Japan
18th Century
Size: 20cm high - 7¾ ins high
cf: compare with two Fukai masks in the Steven Marvin collection, Hawaii, illustrated in ‘Heaven has a Face, so Does Hell’ vol. 2. pg. 124-127
A ‘Noh’ Mask of Fukai
The classic representation of a middle aged woman with narrow eyes, vertical dimples to either side of the mouth, and start loose hairs around the face, bearing traces of perspiration beneath the nostrils
Unsigned, inscribed ‘Fukai’ in red to the reverse
Wood, polychrome
Japan
18th Century
Size: 20cm high - 7¾ ins high
The classic representation of a middle aged woman with narrow eyes, vertical dimples to either side of the mouth, and start loose hairs around the face, bearing traces of perspiration beneath the nostrils
Unsigned, inscribed ‘Fukai’ in red to the reverse
Wood, polychrome
Japan
18th Century
Size: 20cm high - 7¾ ins high
cf: compare with two Fukai masks in the Steven Marvin collection, Hawaii, illustrated in ‘Heaven has a Face, so Does Hell’ vol. 2. pg. 124-127
A ‘Noh’ Mask of Fukai
