[KS] trad. Korean masks -- question

[Frank Hoffmann]

Dear All:

It took me some negotiations with myself to post this question here ... 
On the top of the attached image you see an oil painting. Below are 
various Korean masks (just copied off the Internet). And below that 
there is another image showing a Japanese Nō mask with eyebrows 
painted on the forehead (hikimayu 引眉).

The mask that was used as a model for the oil painting must be from 
1910 or earlier. Be aware that this is not a Naturalist painting but 
one in an Expressionist style. There can be variations of the degree in 
how "realistic" it depicts its actual model. For example, the mouth 
being represented by one two thick brush strokes in red, as a primary 
color straight out of the tube, that sure is not a Naturalist 
rendering. However, it could still be rather close to an actual mask -- 
I mean, the red mouth as such is unlikely "invented" (see the mask with 
white face on the right below). The face color of the oil painting, 
that could also have been white in the mask that was used as a model. 
Also, do not get confused by the strings that the artist added ... 
these where not there with the masks he used as models; he 
intentionally created a European environment and depicted all 
non-European masks as 'hanging masks.'

My specific question is this:
Have you seen any historical KOREAN masks that use for a depiction as 
double eyebrows two black strokes .... just as in the top oil painting 
or VERY similar to that (in other words, not the way as seen in the 
below images)? It does not matter here, if those are really supposed to 
depict "double" eyebrows, only the visual effect counts.

Thank you!
Frank 

 
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Below: 
Japanese Nō mask with eyebrows painted on the forehead (hikimayu 引眉)

 
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Frank Hoffmann
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