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AN IVORY NETSUKE OF FUKUROKUJU AN IVORY NETSUKE OF FUKUROKUJU SIGNED BY SHIGEMASA A FINE IVORY NETSUKE OF JUROJIN WITH BOY AN IVORY NETSUKE OF JUROJIN WITH STAG
Unsigned, ivory netsuke Signed by Shigemasa, ivory netsuke Unsigned, ivory netsuke Unsigned, ivory netsuke
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Japan, 18 CENTURY %DO PERIOD Japan, 18 CENTURY %DO PERIOD Japan, probably Osaka, 19 CENTURY %DO PERIOD Japan, 19 CENTURY %DO PERIOD
The name Fuku-roku-ju literally means luck-wealth-longevity. A rather small netsuke of the lucky deity Fukurokuju, depicted with Jurojin, literally “long-living old man”, is one of the Seven Lucky Jurojin, Japanese for “long-lived, old man”, is the god of longevity
He can be identified by his extremely elongated head. He has his typical over-exaggeratedly, almost phallic, large forehead. He is Gods and congenial to the prominent Fukurokuju, being bearded and scholarly success. This work shows him laughing, with the
a full beard and is wearing a garment that shows mostly floral holding a fan in his right hand and has a quaint facial expression. and having an elongated head, however with a cloth over it and characteristic long beard and elongated head, and holding his
decorations. His face is very expressive and the netsuke has a Very fine patina and large himotoshi through the back and carrying a gnarled staff. He is a patron of scholarly success and mount, a deer, in front of him. The placement and small size of the
firm, cohesive shape, even slightly ‘primeval’, surely a reference to underside. The bottom with the signature SHIGEMASA. thus has a boy with a scroll on his back beside him. A fine, lively himotoshi, on the underside, suggest this is a netsuke-okimono.
longevity. Good himotoshi through the back and underside. AND DENSELY CARVED WORK $ECORATIONS WITH VINES AND LEAVES ON THE
HEIGHT 4 CM garment and very appealingly stained, the treatment is reminiscent HEIGHT 5 CM
HEIGHT 5.5 CM of the Osaka school. Good himotoshi on the reverse.
Condition: Good condition with expected age cracks and fine patina Condition: Worn patina, good condition
Condition: The right hand is chipped, otherwise good condition Provenance: The 40-Year Collection of a London Gentleman HEIGHT 4.3 CM Provenance: Austrian private estate
with a fine patina
Provenance: The 40-Year Collection of a London Gentleman Estimate EUR 600,- Condition: Good condition, expected wear and age cracks Estimate EUR 600,-
Starting price EUR 300,- Provenance: The 40-Year Collection of a London Gentleman Starting price EUR 300,-
Estimate EUR 800,-
Starting price EUR 400,- Estimate EUR 1.000,-
Starting price EUR 500,-

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