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JIKAN MEBUN (GANBUN) (ACTIVE 19TH CENTURY) KANO TESSAI (1845-1925)
An inlaid stacking box A wood mask netsuke
Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, early 20th century
The two-tiered rectangular wood box decorated with ants and The bald large-nosed male figure perhaps depicting Buaku, Hyottoko
young bamboo shoots in kanshitsu (dried-lacquer) inlays of pewter, or another character from the Noh or Kyogen dramas, the wood of
copper, sentoku, shakudo and shibuichi, all against a background of dark hue, the small bar on the reverse signed Tessai to (Carved by
undecorated wood, the edges of the box black lacquer, signed in a Tessai), with a kao
rectangular lacquer reserve Jikan Mebun 1 1/4in (3.2cm) long
8 x 5 3/4 x 4 1/4in (20.3 x 14.6 x 10.8cm)
$800 - 1,200
$5,000 - 7,000
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Published KANO TESSAI (1845-1925)
Stephen Little and Edmund J. Lewis, View of the Pinnacle: Japanese A wood mask netsuke
Lacquer Writing Boxes: The Lewis Collection of Suzuribako, Taisho era (1912-1926), 1922
Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, 2011, cat. no.64 Carved as a Gigaku mask, painted in reddish-brown pigment over
black, signed on the reverse on a horizontal bar Tessai to (Carved by
604 Tessai) and with a kao
A TORTOISE-SHAPED LACQUER KOBAKO (SMALL BOX) With a wood tomobako storage box inscribed outside Gigaku-men
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century (Gigaku mask), the interior of the cover dated Mizunoe-inu (1922)
Realistically modeled as a tortoise, the surface finished to resemble 1 1/4in (3cm) high
the animal’s shell and pebbly skin, the top of the shell removable to
reveal the gold nashiji inner compartment $1,000 - 1,500
5 1/4in (13.5cm) long
$1,500 - 2,000

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