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KISERUZUTSU (PIPECASES)
           Various Properties
           (Lots 23-29)

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           SIX STAG-ANTLER KISERUZUTSU
           (PIPECASES)
           Edo period (1615-1868), mid/late 19th century
           Comprising two of muso-zutsu form, the first
           carved with a bird perched on a flowering
           branch and a waterfall on the reverse; the
           second carved and pierced with basket
           weave, plaited in shippo-zunagi (linked-cash)
           patterns; the others of curved otoshi-zutsu
           form, the third carved with Handaka Sonja,
           typically represented holding an alms bowl
           from which his dragon emerges; the fourth
           pierced with six diamond apertures; the fifth
           carved in the style of Kokusai with a design of
           three differently-shaped seals; the sixth with a
           scholar and karako (Chinese boy) on one side
           beneath a Chinese landscape that continues
           on the reverse; all unsigned. The longest: 21cm
           (8¼in); the shortest: 17cm (6 5/8in). (6).

           £1,500 - 2,000
           JPY290,000 - 390,000
           US$2,000 - 2,600                                                                         (knife)
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           A STAG-ANTLER KISERUZUTSU
           Edo period (1615-1868), mid/late 19th century
           Of senryuzutsu form, carved in high relief as an
           oni (demon) holding a mallet and climbing up a
           giant pair of pliers; signed with two seals.
           21cm (8¼in) long.
           £2,500 - 3,000
           JPY490,000 - 580,000
           US$3,300 - 3,900

           Provenance:
           Jean Verwilghen Collection, Belgium.
           An old European private collection.
           Published and Illustrated:
           Sydney L. Moss Ltd., Kokusai the Genius and
           Stag-Antler Carving in Japan, London, 2016,
           vol.III, no.527.
           Rokusho, 28 (October 1998), p.30, no.75.
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           A STAG-ANTLER NETSUKE
           Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
           Constructed in two separate sections in the
           form of a warrior wearing full armour and
           holding a fan riding a stylised elongated horse,
           the removable warrior attached to a concealed
           knife blade; unsigned. 15.2cm (6in) long. (2).
           £2,500 - 3,000
           JPY490,000 - 580,000
           US$3,300 - 3,900

           Provenance:
           June Schuerch Collection, Santa Barbara, Calif.  24                       25
           Published and Illustrated:
           Sydney L. Moss, Kokusai the Genius and Stag-
           antler Carving in Japan, vol.III, London, 2016,
           no.38. George Lazarnick, Netsuke and Inro
           Artists and How to Read Their Signatures,
           vol.II, Honolulu, Reed Publishers, 1982, p.1310.


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