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A WOOD AND IVORY NETSUKE OF SHOJO DANCING BY AN IVORY NETSUKE OF KANZAN WITH A SCROLL AN UNUSUAL SO SCHOOL WOOD NETSUKE OF A PINE CONE AN IVORY NETSUKE OF URASHIMATARO ON A TURTLE BY
ISSHOSAI Unsigned, ivory netsuke WITH JO AND UBA KAGETOSHI
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"Y )SSHOSAI WOOD AND IVORY NETSUKE Japan, early 19 CENTURY %DO PERIOD Unsigned, wood netsuke "Y +AGETOSHI IVORY NETSUKE
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Japan, 19 CENTURY %DO PERIOD Japan, probably So-school, Tokyo, 20 century Japan, Kyoto, mid-19 CENTURY %DO PERIOD
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Kanzan was a hermit who lived on a lonely mountain in China and
Shojo is drunk from sake as always and dancing with a folding fan wrote poems, of which around 300 are known today. Jittoku was In the tale of Takasago, Jo and Uba are an old couple living in a An intricately openworked netsuke by Kagetoshi, who became
in one hand. Her girlish face is inset with ivory. Many stories exist HIS COMPANION WHO WORKED IN THE MONASTERY KITCHEN "OTH ARE strong and very old pine tree, representing a long and happy life. famous for his masterful use of sukashi-bori. Urashimataro on top
about Shojo, due to her name also being that of the orangutan easily recognizable, with a boy-like appearance like in this netsuke, This artful and cleverly crafted netsuke is a pine cone, probably of the turtle (minogame) is rather small, with cascades of foaming
she is also called the ghost of this animal. A characteristic feature, which shows only Kanzan reading from a scroll. They have both carved from a member of the famous So-school, which can seawater crashing over them. Taro is holding a box in one hand and
besides her drunkenness, is her exceptionally long hair, which in BECOME $AOIST SAINTS DUE TO THEIR EXPERIENCE OF THE TRUE NATURE be opened to reveal the happy couple with their characteristic a fishing rod in the other. The turtle on which he sits is actually Oto-
this work reaches the ground. Himotoshi on the reverse, signed of things. A very cohesive, well-rounded figural composition, with attributes, a broom and a rake – their faces carved with great hime, the daughter of Ryujin, the dragon kami of the sea. Outlined
ISSHOSAI. spots of honey patina. Large and good himotoshi through the back detail. The divide between the two halves of the cone is so precisely himotoshi and signature KAGETOSHI in a rectangular reserve on
and on the underside. done that it can almost not be seen when closed due to the cone’s the underside.
HEIGHT 4.6 CM structure. Singular ringed ivory himotoshi on the underside.
HEIGHT 4.6 CM HEIGHT 3 CM
Condition: Very good condition HEIGHT 3.8 CM
0ROVENANCE "RITISH PRIVATE COLLECTION Condition: Very good condition Condition: Excellent condition
0ROVENANCE "RITISH PRIVATE COLLECTION Condition: Good condition, the closing mechanism is semi- 0ROVENANCE "RITISH PRIVATE COLLECTION
Literature comparison: Possibly the same netsuke is noted in FUNCTIONAL DOES NOT CLOSE COMPLETELY AND THE AREA AROUND THE
The Meinertzhagen Card Index on Netsuke in the Archives of Estimate EUR 800,- hinge is slightly worn Auction comparison: For a similar netsuke of Urashimataro by
THE "RITISH -USEUM 0ART ! &REDERICK -EINERTZHAGEN Starting price EUR 400,- 0ROVENANCE "RITISH PRIVATE COLLECTION +AGETOSHI SEE "ONHAMS 4HE *ULIUS AND !RLETTE +ATCHEN #OLLECTION
EDITED BY 'EORGE ,AZARNICK .EW 9ORK PAGE of Fine Netsuke Part II, London, 10 May 2017, lot 32.
Estimate EUR 600,-
Estimate EUR 600,- Starting price EUR 300,- Estimate EUR 800,-
Starting price EUR 300,- Starting price EUR 400,-

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