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Japanese
Noh Mask Ivory Netsuke
Okame
Goddess
of Mirth
Signed: Gyokuseki, 19th Century
Recorded
in "NETSUKE" by Neil K Davey, #436
H
1.5 in.(3.8cm), W 1.25 in.(3.2cm), D 0.5 in.(1.3cm)
Condition: very good Though
little is known of his life, Gyokuseki's netsuke are well recorded. A smooth cream
colored ivory noh mask of Okame, the Japanese Goddess of Mirth, the laughing face
stained with sumi and traces of brown and red pigment, parallel hairlines in arcs,
himotoshi a single hole formed by undercutting the at the back of the material.
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