Kano Tessai (1845-1925)A carved lacquer tray, dated 1919The flat well of the tray encircled by short vertical walls and raised on a short foot, incised in relief to depict a humorous mask of a Buddhist figure used in Kyogen performances at the Mibudera temple in Kyoto, with an inscription Mibudera Dai Nenbutsu shoyo men (Mask used for the Great Nenbutsu ceremony at Mibudera) and dated Tsuchinoto-hitsuji toshi aki (autumn 1919), signed Tessai followed by the artist's ideosyncratic kaoWith a wood tomobako storage box with signature, red seal, kao and date Mizunoe-inu (1922) 8 3/8in (21.3cm) diameter