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TETSUGENDO KYUSAI (1879-1938) TETSUGENDO KYUSAI (1879-1938) KANO TESSAI (1845-1925)
A wood netsuke of peanuts A lacquer netsuke of a reishi fungus A horn netsuke of a dessicated salmon
Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) Showa era (1926-1989), 1927 Taisho era (1912-1926), dated 1921
era, late 19th/ early 20th century Carved in dry lacquer as several branches of The fish rendered with startling naturalism,
Naturalistically carved as three peanuts in the reishi fungus, signed on the underside Kyusai each scale and fin finely carved, the belly
shell, one open on the end and showing the With a wood tomobako storage box partially cut open, signed Tessai
nut moving freely inside, signed Tessan inscribed on the cover Reishi kanshitsu With a wood tomobako storage box dated
1 1/8in (3cm) wide netsuke (Dried-lacquer netsuke of a fungus) Taisho junen (1921) and with signature, red
and signed on the underside Kyusai kore o seal and a kao
$1,500 - 2,500 kizamu (Kyusai carved this) and dated Showa 5 1/2in (14cm) long
hinoto-u chushun (February 1927) and
sealed Kyu $4,000 - 6,000
1 9/16in (4cm) high
Provenance
$2,500 - 3,500 Purchased from Kanagae Oriental Antiques,
Kyoto, 1996
Provenance
U.A. Casal Collection, no. 5218
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection,
sold, Christie’s New York, April 23, 1991, lot 84

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