Three wooden theatre masks

Description:

Japan, Edo period
H. 19-22 cm
Including a cypress wood No mask of the Kashiki type.
From an old South German private collection, the No mask acquired from Offermann & Schmitz, illustrated in the catalogue of the 20th West German Art Fair Köln, 25.2.-5.3.1989, p. 205. - Two masks with metal bases - The Kashiki mask with a restored break, otherwise partly rest.