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219 | A SUPERB TALL SAISHIKI NETSUKE
OF A FISHERMAN

Style of Yoshimura Shuzan, unsigned
Japan, Osaka, late 18th century, Edo period (1615-1868)
Published: Östasiatiska Museet (1999) Netsuke, p. 63.
Exhibited: Östasiatiska Museet, Sweden, Stockholm, 16 October
1999 – 9 January 2000.

A very expressive and tall saishiki (painted) hinoki wood netsuke
depicting a standing fisherman holding a piece of coral in both
hands. The islander wears only a skirt and has long hair which
terminates in curls in the back. The expression is powerfully
sculpted. Large, asymmetrical and worn himotoshi through the
man’s behind. The hinoki (cypress) wood is colored in polychrome
pigments and gesso, characteristically worn.
HEIGHT 12.9 cm
Condition: Good, appropriately worn condition, including expected
losses to pigment.
Provenance: Ex-collection Mrs. Gunvor Bjorkman.

Estimate EUR 3.000,-
Starting price EUR 1.500,-

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