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A SMALL WOOD NETSUKE OF RAIJIN A WOOD NETSUKE OF THE GHOST OF A WOMAN
By Masakazu, Gifu, Mino Province, 19th century 19th century
Signed in an oval reserve Masakazu. Inscribed Okatomo.
2.8cm (1 1/8in) high. 7.9cm (3 1/8in) high.

£1,000 - 1,500 £3,000 - 4,000
JPY150,000 - 220,000 JPY440,000 - 580,000
US$1,400 - 2,100 US$4,100 - 5,500

木彫根付 雷神 銘「正一」 19世紀 木彫根付 幽霊と鬼 銘「岡友」 19世紀

Published: Published:
Katchen, N7, vol.2, p.63, no.K772. Katchen, N7, vol.1, p.105, no.K787.

The god of thunder seated on a cloud and repairing his drum, working The emaciated apparition rising from a cloud of vapour and rearing
with pincers to extract the studs from the side, the wood with a fine over a small terrified oni, expressively rendered in lightly stained wood.
patina and the pupils inlaid.
The carving almost certainly dates from the first half of the 19th
century, although the ‘signature’ was added later.

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