Mustachioed Male Noh Mask Netsuke

Japan

Showa period (1926-1989), About 1950

  • Titles Mustachioed Male Noh Mask Netsuke (Descriptive)
  • Artist Japan
  • Medium stained ivory
  • Dimensions 2 x 1 1/2 x 1/2 in. (5.1 x 3.8 x 1.3 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Bequest of William M. Spencer III, AFI.202.2010
  • Work Type netsuke
  • Classification Sculpture

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