Description: This unusual mask shares several characteristics with Hannya masks, but rather than being a tormented soul, it is a manifestation of pure evil. Carved in wood and painted in polychrome pigments, black over red, with golden eyes and teeth. Applied animal hair. With sharp horns that sprout from the head and bulbous golden eyes. The gaping mouth is full of gold teeth with upper and lower fangs that heighten her ferocity. Condition: Complete condition with general wear, cracked and chipped paint and subtle hair loss and a crack on the chin; good, old usage patina at the back, on the inside Provenance: From an important Austrian private collection, acquired before 1930 - with old collection numbers ‘FARN’ and ‘1257’