Lot n° 59
Estimation :
80 - 100
EUR
Result with fees
Result
: 104EUR
JAPAN, CIRCA 1900-1920 - Lot 59
JAPAN, CIRCA 1900-1920
Set of five small smiling male masks, black lacquered, the eyes inlaid with glass.
In a red frame.
H. from 6 cm to 6.7 cm each - Total size with frame: 23 x 48 cm
A small lacquered wood mask of an emaciated man, signed in gold on the reverse; and an enameled ceramic netsuke-mask. H. 6.7 cm - 4.8 cm (Accidents to the five frames; wear to the emaciated man)
Provenance
Private collection of Monsieur Auguste Gérard (1852-1922), French ambassador to China (1893-1897) and Japan (1907-1913).
Then by descent to the current owner.
Present in the family inventory made in November 1976 under number 170 page 9 "5 [Nlö] XVIII° century lacquer masks (accidents)".
An anonymized copy of the page concerning this lot may be issued to the buyer.
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