Netsuke, No mask of a young woman

An image of Netsuke: mask. Unknown maker, Japan. No mask of a young woman (mambi?) of smooth texture, hollowed out with a bar across the middle bearing the himotoshi. Her hair is parted at the middle and her mouth is open; simply carved with good patina. Wood, hollowed out, simply carved, height, whole, 1.8 cm, width, whole, 4.4 cm, circa 1800-1868. Edo Period (1615-1868). Notes: Mambi is a young female with a smiling expression, the Japanese ideal. Collection: H.S. Reitlinger.

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Netsuke: mask. Unknown maker, Japan. No mask of a young woman (mambi?) of smooth texture, hollowed out with a bar across the middle bearing the himotoshi. Her hair is parted at the middle and her mouth is open; simply carved with good patina. Wood, hollowed out, simply carved, height, whole, 1.8 cm, width, whole, 4.4 cm, circa 1800-1868. Edo Period (1615-1868). Notes: Mambi is a young female with a smiling expression, the Japanese ideal. Collection: H.S. Reitlinger.

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Accession Number: O.51-1991
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal length: 100
Camera: Canon EOS 5D
Photographer name: Image Library; Fitzwilliam Museum
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 800 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 477.22kB
Exposure time: 1/30
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2000:01:09 02:10:52

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19th Century carved Edo Period faces facial expressions female Fitz_AA Japanese mambi mask masks mouth netsuke no mask open mouthed smile smiling woman wooden

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