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A FINE IVORY AND SHAKUDO A RARE IVORY AND SHAKUDO AN UNUSUAL KAGAMIBUTA
KAGAMIBUTA NETSUKE KAGAMIBUTA NETSUKE WITH AN NETSUKE OF AN ONI AND FUTEN
DEPICTING SHOKI THE DEMON UNUSUAL REPRESENTATION OF PLAYING KUBIHIKI
QUELLER WITH ONI FUTEN Unsigned, kagamibuta netsuke,
Unsigned, kagamibuta netsuke with Unsigned, kagamibuta netsuke with metals, ivory
shakudo, gold, copper and ivory shakudo, gold, copper and ivory Japan, 19 century,
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AN EXCELLENT KAGAMIBUTA NETSUKE OF A NIO GUARDIAN %DO PERIOD %DO PERIOD
BY KIKUGAWA MASAMITSU An amusing kagamibuta depicting an
"Y -ASAMITSU kagamibuta netsuke, wood, metals, gold Shoki has a full beard and wide hat, This kagamibuta netsuke with a oni and the wind god Futen playing
Japan, 19 CENTURY %DO PERIOD his face showing a characteristically shakudo lid shows the wind god Futen, kubihiki, the latter recognizable by the
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grim expression. Shoki is a hunter or Fujin, with his swelling windbag bag of wind behind him, his clawed
An artfully and semi-sculpturally executed Nio, one of the two of demons, who in many depictions behind him. The details in copper and feet and the garland that surrounds
h"ENEVOLENT +INGSv THE GIGANTIC MUSCULAR GUARDIANS OF THE are a little craftier than he is. This gold. Futen has a demonic appearance him. Kubihiki is a game were two
"UDDHA STANDING AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE TEMPLES 4HIS Nio shows kagamibita netsuke shows a horned in this work, with wild blowing hair, contestants put a rope around their
a grim fierce expression and has a markedly athletic appearance. oni close beside him with a gleeful although as god of winds he also necks and try their strength by
He is holding a kongo vajra) in one hand. The figure in copper, expression, its head made from saved Japan from a Mongol invasion by drawing. The reddish copper of the
the loincloth in shakudo and gold and the eyes inlaid in gold as copper. The demon and Shoki are destroying war ships in a storm. oni is pleasantly contrasting with the
well. Flowing celestial scarves. The background is chased. Signed executed in high relief, with an iris blackish shakudo. The oni’s horns, eyes
MASAMITSU on a small plate, for the artist from the Kikugawa shobu), which is meant to dispel $)!-%4%2 #- and the loincloth with gilding. Futen
family – a famous family of metalwork artists. demons, behind them. with gilt eyes and gilt garland.
Condition: Good condition
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Condition: The bowl with minor surface scratches and a small crack, Condition: The ivory bowl with a Estimate EUR 800,- Condition: The central part of the
otherwise excellent condition crack, and missing the central section Starting price EUR 400,- kagamibuta bowl has fallen out,
Provenance: The 40-Year Collection of a London Gentleman at the back, otherwise good condition otherwise good condition
0ROVENANCE "RITISH PRIVATE COLLECTION 0ROVENANCE "RITISH PRIVATE COLLECTION
Estimate EUR 2.500,-
Starting price EUR 1.250,- Estimate EUR 800,- Estimate EUR 600,-
Starting price EUR 400,- Starting price EUR 300,-

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