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437 An ivory netsuke of a Chinese musician. Around 1800 438 An ivory netsuke of two shôjô, by Koseki. 19th century
Laughing, holding a trumpet in his right hand and a Both tipsy, one of them sitting on top of an overturned
chrysanthemum branch in his left, which he uses to tease sake jar, the second lying on his side with half his body
a karako standing next to him. Finely and meticulously inside the jar, holding a ladle in his right hand. Finely
carved, partly polished, details darkly stained. carved, polished and engraved. Details darkly stained.
Height 5 cm Signed Koseki.
Height 4.2 cm
Literature
Illustrated in: Karl M. Schwarz, Netsuke Subjects, Literature
Vienna 1992, p. 85, no. 214 Illustrated in: Karl M. Schwarz, Netsuke Subjects,
Vienna 1992, p. 49, no. 88
€ 550 – 600 International Netsuke Society Journal, Vol. 12,
no. 1 (1985), p. 23

€ 350 – 450

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