REDUCED Vintage Theatrical Figural Mask Wall Pocket; NC Mark, Japan

Porcelain : Wall Decor

 

This is a really nice wall pocket from the 20s/30s having a fabulous Japanese theatrical figural mask in a flesh toned matte finish. The mask is applied to a gold-veined, highly glazed white leaf...which leaf is the center of a pale turquoise three leaf grouping that comprises the wall pocket. Beautifully made of fine china, it is signed with a red wreath encompassing a blossom(?), the initials NC, (which my research shows to be the mark of N&Co, Nagoya Nippon Porcelain) and then, Japan. It measures 5 1/4"h x 4" at its widest x 1-1/2" d. It is in pristine, as new condition and hung on a wall in my home for many years. Beautifully made...a unique collectible.

Item ID: 520