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Box in the Form of a Tengu Masksecond half of 19th century

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Ceramic face mask with glossy pale blue-white glaze, cobalt-blue painted hair and eyes, amber-gold lips and forehead medallion, with heavily modeled brows and beard in relief
Porcelain lidded box, oval form with lid molded as a face with exaggerated features; blue hair, cobalt blue eyes, gold-painted topknot and lips against a white glazed ground; interior of base shown separately at right.
Porcelain mask with a scowling face, white glazed surface with deeply molded brows, bulbous nose, and parted lips touched with iron-red glaze; blue-painted hair flanks a chrysanthemum roundel at the crown.

Unknown, Box in the Form of a Tengu Mask, second half of 19th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Allan and Maxine Kurtzman, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Box in the Form of a Tengu Mask
Place Made
Japan
Date Made
second half of 19th century
Medium
Hirado Mikawachi ware; porcelain with blue and brown glaze
Dimensions
4 3/8 x 4 1/2 x 3 7/8 in. (11.0 x 11.5 x 10.0 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Allan and Maxine Kurtzman
Accession Number
AC1998.115.34.1-.2
Classification
Ceramics
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Singer, Robert; Hollis Goodall. Hirado Porcelain of Japan: From the Kurtzman Family Collection.
    Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1997.