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Gigaku mask of the Karura (Garuda) type


伎楽面 迦樓羅
Japanese
Nara period
8th century

Medium/Technique Dry lacquer
Dimensions 40.0 x 24.5 x 22.7 cm (15 3/4 x 9 5/8 x 8 15/16 in.) (h x w x d)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession NumberRES.21.43
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsMasks

Catalogue Raisonné Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 1 (Japanese ed. 1997, English ed. 1998), ch. V (Masks), no. 171
Provenance1921 gift of William Sturgis Bigelow