Page 227 - Fine Japanese Netsuke, Sagemono, Oikimono April 29, 2019 Galerie Zacke

All following mask netsuke, lot nos. 300 – 311, are published
MASK NETSUKE in ‘Japanese Masks – Peter E. Müller’ by Max Rutherston (2017)

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A VERY LARGE WOOD MASK NETSUKE OF OKAME BY
HARA SHUMIN
"Y 3HUMIN WOOD MASK NETSUKE
Japan, 19 CENTURY %DO PERIOD
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A very large wood mask netsuke depicting the Shinto goddess
297 298 Okame. She is depicted laughing, with visible teeth and finely
AN IVORY RYUSA MANJU NETSUKE OF A MULTITUDE OF A RARE DOUBLE WALNUT NETSUKE WITH A MULTITUDE OF incised lines for hair. An intricately carved work with a very
NOH MASKS BY HAKUUNSAI MASKS BY TORYUSAI KOZAN good patina and grain of the wood. The reverse with a bridge
"Y (AKUUNSAI SIGNED (AKUUN IVORY NETSUKE "Y +OZAN WALNUT SHELL NETSUKE SILVER INLAY which houses the himotoshi and the signature SHUMIN tsukuru
Japan, c. mid-19 CENTURY %DO PERIOD Japan, Iwashiro, 19 CENTURY %DO PERIOD CARVED BY ! PUPIL OF 3HUGETSU
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This netsuke shows a multitude of different Noh masks, one next An incredibly dense and clever composition carved from two HEIGHT 7.5 CM
to the other around the entire work, all from Japanese theatre and WALNUTS kurumi AND ATTACHED TO EACH OTHER $EPICTED ARE AROUND
folklore. Natural himotoshi through the openwork, signed on a fifty Noh masks in various attitudes, the natural pointed tops of Condition: Excellent condition
flat bottle gourd HAKUUN, for Hakuunsai, a master of dense mask the kurumi are very cleverly utilized, since they show a tengu and 0ROVENANCE "RITISH PRIVATE COLLECTION
compositions. usufoki mask with large pointed beak and forward pressing lips, additional view
respectively. The kurumi is lightly stained and of a very good color Estimate EUR 500,-
7)$4( #- and the himotoshi are ringed silver, and some of the eyes and Starting price EUR 250,-
details are inlaid in silver as well. The signature KOZAN in a spatula- 300
Condition: The ink and red paint is slightly worn, very good shaped reserve on the side. Toriusai Kozan was, along with Hidari AN UNUSUAL AND LARGE WOOD DOUBLE MASK NETSUKE
condition Issan, the most notable kurumi netsuke carver. OF OKAME AND HYOTTOKO
Provenance: The 40-Year Collection of a London Gentleman Unsigned, wood mask netsuke
HEIGHT 3.7 CM, LENGTH 4.8 CM Japan, early 20 CENTURY -EIJI PERIOD
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Estimate EUR 1.000,-
Starting price EUR 500,- Condition: Very good condition A very large and unusual double mask netsuke depicting the jester
Provenance: European private collection, ex Mang collection, ex Hyotokko on one side and the Shinto goddess Okame on the other.
Helen Meredith Collection The himotoshi goes through both mouths and the large pupils are
inlaid.
Estimate EUR 1.000,-
Starting price EUR 500,- HEIGHT 5.1 CM, LENGTH 5.2 CM

Condition: Good and complete condition, the wood bears a good
patina
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Estimate EUR 600,-
Starting price EUR 300,-

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