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A STAG ANTLER NETSUKE OF A BAT A STAG ANTLER NETSUKE OF A BAT
By Ishikawa Rensai, Asakusa, Edo/Tokyo, late 19th century By Hoshunsai Masayuki, Edo/Tokyo, late 19th century
Signed in seal form Ren. Signed Masayuki with a kao.
4.5cm (1¾in) wide. 4.5cm (1¾in) wide.

£5,000 - 7,000 £4,000 - 6,000
JPY730,000 - 1,000,000 JPY580,000 - 870,000
US$6,900 - 9,600 US$5,500 - 8,300

鹿角彫根付 蝙蝠 銘「蓮」 19世紀後期 鹿角彫根付 蝙蝠 銘「正之（花押）」 19世紀後期

Provenance: Provenance:
Purchased at Sotheby’s, London, 1967. Sydney L. Moss Ltd., London, 1958.

Published: Published:
Katchen, N7, vol.1, p.247, no.K476 (the illustration transposed Katchen, N7, vol.1, p.247, no.K477 (the illustration transposed with
with no.K477). no.K476).

Shown flying with wings spread over a clump of reishi fungus, tied with Flying with wings outstretched and mouth open over a stem of reishi
a cloth, one stalk forming the himotoshi and the one visible eye inlaid. fungus which forms the himotoshi, the dark porous part of the antler
cleverly utilised for the tips of the wings.
For somewhat similar studies, attributed to Hoshunsai Masayuki, see
Sydney L. Moss Ltd., KG, vol.3, p.79, no.375 and p.83, no.377. For somewhat similar examples attributed to Hoshunsai Masayuki, see
Sydney L. Moss Ltd., KG, vol.3, pp.78-83, nos.375-377.

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