Samurai Mempo Half Mask - Edo Period (1603-1868)

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Samurai Mempo Half Mask - Edo Period (1603-1868)

Name: Samurai Mempo Half Mask - Edo Period (1603-1868)
Brand: Antikeo
SKU: WIF701PJRS
Price: 2800 EUR
Availability: InStock

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2.800 €

Period 18th century

Style Asian Arts

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From: 93400, saint ouen , France

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JAPAN - Edo Period (1603-1868).
Half-mask of a samurai known as a "Mempo," made of wrought iron lacquered in cinnabar red.

Features include a pronounced chin, a movable nose, a prominent brown horsehair mustache, pierced nostrils, a peg for attaching the kabuto cord, and a sweat hole under the chin.
The interior is lacquered red (the color red was meant to inspire courage and conceal blood).

The "Yodare-kake" (gore) has four tiers lacquered in gold and braided with blue and purple silk, the reverse is lacquered in glossy black, and the final tier is lacquered in gold.

Dimensions: 26 x 17 x 12 cm.

Sold with its stand.

Dimensions with stand: 38 x 15.5 x 15.5 cm.

Ref: WIF701PJRS

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