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AN INLAID KOKUTAN WOOD NETSUKE OF A SNAIL ON A RARE IVORY NETSUKE OF A FLOUNDER ON A PLATE AN EXTRAORDINARY INLAID IVORY NETSUKE OF MANY SEA
DRIFTWOOD BY GYOKKEI Unsigned, ivory netsuke CREATURES BY RYOKOSAI JUGYOKU II
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"Y 'YOKKEI WOOD NETSUKE WITH IVORY MOTHER OF PEARL AND Japan, 19 CENTURY %DO PERIOD "Y *UGYOKU IVORY NETSUKE WITH INLAYS
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horn inlay Japan, Edo/Tokyo, late 19 century
*APAN C %DO PERIOD A rare depiction of a Japanese dish in the form of a flounder
garnished with bamboo leaves. The flounder is flattened, the A manju-style netsuke depicting a very dense and lifelike
A snail is crawling on a rotten piece of driftwood carved surface is stippled and inked, and the two visible eyes are composition of various fish and sea animals, in part also
from kokutan EBONY WOOD 4HE WOOD IS ALMOST BLACK inlaid with dark horn. The underside with the himotoshi in OPENWORKED 4HE TOP WITH A LARGE SEA BREAM tai) and another
WHILE THE SNAIL katatsumuri) is made from light, slightly the center. fish inlaid in coral and horn respectively, and with dense sprays of
brownish translucent horn. The snail shell with spiral shows leaves and further fish. Two incredibly tiny and finely carved clam
great attention to detail and is lightly stained. The wood is LENGTH 6.3 CM SHELLS ARE INLAID AND THE LARGE SMOOTH HEAD OF THE OCTOPUS tako) is
further inlaid with tiny specks of ivory. Central green-stained shown with the face and tentacles visible on the other side. Next
ivory himotoshi on the underside and signed GYOKU-KEI Condition: Good condition, two cracks on the underside to the octopus are further fish and two small silverfishes inlaid in
'9/++%) on a small inset mother-of-pearl plate. 0ROVENANCE "LUTH COLLECTION WITH OLD COLLECTOR S LABEL MOTHER OF PEARL AS WELL AS A SHRIMP ebi). The entire composition
is adorned with little metal specks and all eyes are inlaid. Clever
LENGTH 4.4 CM Estimate EUR 600,- himotoshi surrounded by tentacles on the underside, signature
Starting price EUR 300,- JUGYOKU and red kao on the flat bottom of an awabi. The artist is
Condition: One of the feelers of the snail is slightly chipped, Ryokusai Jugyoku II from Tokyo.
otherwise good condition
0ROVENANCE "RITISH PRIVATE COLLECTION SIZE 4 x 4.5 CM

Literature comparison: For a similar example see George Condition: Very good condition, only one barely noticeable chip
,AZARNICK .ETSUKE )NRO !RTISTS (ONOLULU PAGE near the coral-inlaid seabream
Provenance: The 40-Year Collection of a London Gentleman
Estimate EUR 800,-
Starting price EUR 400,- Estimate EUR 3.000,-
Starting price EUR 1.500,-

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