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105 Y Ф 108
A STAG ANTLER PIPECASE, MANJU A STAG ANTLER NETSUKE OF A MOKUGYO (WOODEN GONG)
AND IVORY NETSUKE OF TOYS By Hoshunsai Masayuki, Asakusa, Tokyo, Edo period (1615-1868) or
Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century
The pipecase of otoshi-zutsu type, carved in relief with a simple design Of typical form, surmounted by two dragon heads that form the
of a chrysanthemum on swirling water, unsigned, Asakusa school, handle, their horns trailing over the sides which are pierced with formal
20.3cm (8in) long; a stag antler manju netsuke carved and pierced scales; signed Hoshunsai Masayuki with a kao.
with an oni (demon) trapped in a spider’s web amid clouds, unsigned, 4.2cm (1 4/8in) high.
Asakusa school, 4.5cm (1¾in) diam.; and an ivory netsuke of
childrens’ toys, including a wig, a wheeled bird, a Daruma doll, a mask £2,000 - 3,000
and a drum, signed Gyokuryosai, 3.5cm (1 3/8in) wide. (3). JPY300,000 - 450,000
US$2,800 - 4,200
£800 - 1,000
JPY120,000 - 150,000 Hoshunsai Masayuki made several of this model, often signed merely
US$1,100 - 1,400 Masayuki in seal form. For similar examples, see Neil K. Davey,
Netsuke: A Comprehensive Study Based on the M. T. Hindson
106 Collection, London, Faber & Faber Ltd. and Sotheby Parke Bernet
A STAG ANTLER NETSUKE OF A SCEPTRE Publications, 1974, p.183, no.544; Victor Harris, Netsuke: the Hull
By Ozaki Kokusai (1835-1894), Shiba, Tokyo, Edo period (1615-1868) Grundy Collection in the British Museum, London, British Museum
or Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century Publications, 1987, nos.586 and 587; and Sydney L. Moss Ltd.,
Of slender form, a formalised reishi fungus at the top and a small Kokusai the Genius and Stag-Antler Carving in Japan, London, 2016,
mokugyo (wooden gong) at the base, the antler dark stained; vol.III, nos.391-393.
signed in seal form Koku.
12.3cm (4 7/8in) long.
109 *
£1,500 - 2,000 AN IRON AND STAG ANTLER KAGAMIBUTA NETSUKE
JPY230,000 - 300,000 After Kano Natsuo, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century
US$2,100 - 2,800 The shallow stag antler bowl with an iron plate, carved in relief with a
medallion of a flying bat and a large seal character, inscribed Natsuo;
with a fitted wooden storage box.
107 Y Ф 3.5cm (1 3/8in) diam. (2).
A WALRUS IVORY MANJU NETSUKE
By Eisai, Asakusa, Tokyo, Edo period (1615-1868) £1,500 - 2,000
or Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century JPY230,000 - 300,000
Carved in relief and partly pierced with a formalised hare beneath the US$2,100 - 2,800
crescent moon, amid clouds, the reverse with large stylised snowflakes
and the sides pierced with formal designs; signed on the reverse in
seal form Ei. 3.5cm (1 3/8in) high.

£1,000 - 1,500
JPY150,000 - 230,000
US$1,400 - 2,100

For the maker, see Sydney L. Moss Ltd., Kokusai The Genius: and
Stag-antler Carving in Japan, vol. III, Followers, London, 2016, pp.260-
261, nos.493 and 494.

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