Male Noh Mask Netsuke

Japan

Showa period (1926-1989), About 1950

  • Titles Male Noh Mask Netsuke (Descriptive)
  • Artist Japan
  • Medium stained ivory
  • Dimensions 2 1/4 x 1 3/8 x 3/4 in. (5.7 x 3.5 x 1.9 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Bequest of William M. Spencer III, AFI.203.2010
  • Work Type netsuke
  • Classification Sculpture

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