The Bugaku mask well carved, the head surmounted by a dragon in swirling clouds. Signed to the reverse, on the central bridge with central himotoshi, with a kakihan inside a sunken reserve. School of Hara Shugetsu.
HEIGHT 5.4 cm
Condition: Restored areas to the chin and dragon’s mouth. Provenance: Ex collection Papp (coll. No 995), sold at Lempertz, 16 June 2018, Cologne, lot 1178, for 806 EUR. Formerly purchased from Helmut Laudenbach, Berg, 3. July 1979.