Japan. Edo period. 19th c. Ivory with finely carved details, pupil inlaid metal. Kijo, the mask of a female demon, similar to the Hannya mask, but smaller. Height 4.2cm. Condition A/B.
Provenance: -Collection Behrens, no. 197, ill. Joly, Henry: W.L. Behrens Collection, 1966, plate IV. -Collection Karl M. Schwarz, ill. Netsuke Subjects Addendum, 2001, no. A 186.
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