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A RARE CYPRESS-WOOD OKIMONO OF A HAWK
By Kanman, Iwami Province, Edo period (1615-1868), dated 1823
Perched on an integral tree trunk, its head turned back and its eyes inlaid,
the ancient tree trunk naturalistically rendered and carved in low relief with
trailing foliage; signed and dated Sekiyo no junin Kanman saku with a kao,
Toki ni Bunsei roku mizunoto-hitsuji toshi kugatsu-bi (carved in the ninth
month of 1823). 28.5cm (11¼in) high.
£2,000 - 3,000
JPY300,000 - 450,000
US$2,600 - 4,000
Kanman (1793-1859) was born in the town of Ota, to the north-east of
the Ka’aigawa River. He produced many netsuke in Iwami style, as well as
a number of okimono, tonkotsu and inro.

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A SEIDO-NURI (IMITATING BRONZE) LACQUERED
CYLINDRICAL BRUSHPOT
By Harui Komin (1869-1922/3), Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926)
era, early 20th century
Supported on an integral circular stand, decorated all over in seido-nuri
(technique imitating bronze) with two tsuba (sword guards), the first
showing a sarumawashi (monkey trainer) with his performing pet reserved
on a simulated nanako ground, the second tsuba with Bishamonten
clutching a halberd in one one hand and a stupa in the other; signed
Naniwa Harui saku; with a wooden storage box inscribed outside the lid
Fudezutsu, Kusaka shozo (Brush pot, in the collection of Kusaka family),
with inscribed paper label Tsuba maki-e Tamonten zu Naniwa Harui saku
(Tsuba maki-e with the design of Tamonten [Bishamonten], made by
Naniwa Harui). 15cm x 10.2cm (5 13/16in x 4in). (2).
£2,500 - 3,000
JPY370,000 - 450,000
US$3,300 - 4,000
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TWO WOOD MASKS
Meiji era (1868-1912), probably mid-late 19th/early 20th century
Both possibly representing Kagura masks, the larger mask with a wide-
open grinning mouth and protruding tongue loosely patterned after the
Noh mask Shishiguchi, 22.5cm x 17.1cm (8 7/8in x 6¾in); the second
smaller mask with emaciated cheeks and similar puckered lips of the
Kyogen mask Usofuki, 18.3cm x 13.5cm (7¼in x 5¼in). (2).
£800 - 1,200
JPY120,000 - 180,000
US$1,100 - 1,600

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A WOOD SENCHA TRAY
By Oseki, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
Carved in the form of a folding wind-blown ornamental basho (Japanese
fibre banana) with a snail crawling on the top; signed on the underside
with a carved signature Oseki saku with a kao. 48.5cm (19 1/16in) long.
£1,000 - 1,500
JPY150,000 - 220,000
US$1,300 - 2,000

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TWO BONSAN (MINIATURE MOUNTAINS)
Meiji (1868-1912), Taisho (1912-1926), or Showa era (1926-1989),
20th century
One of akadamaishi, an impure chalcedony formed of quartz with
inclusions of iron oxide imparting a red colour to the stone, the other of
dark volcanic rock; each with a separate wood stand.
11cm x 34cm (4 3/8in x 13in) and 9.5cm x 15cm (3¾in x 6in). (4).
£800 - 1,000
JPY120,000 - 150,000
US$1,100 - 1,300
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