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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)
24
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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