Page 38 - Fine Japanese Art Auction November 2 2019 Galerie Zacke

35 | A LARGE WOOD FIGURE
OF A TARTAR ARCHER
Signed Tomokazu
20th century

The wood of a reddish tone and powerfully carved as large tartar
archer (dattanjin) holding a bow in his left hand and an arrow in the
other. His finely incised robe is decorated with cloud patterns and
shows boldly executed and accentuated folds with flowing sleeves.
The archer has a large trifurcated beard and grimly looks out from
his finely carved, large and wide hat. The backside shows a dragon-
headed quiver. There are no openings for himotoshi. Signature
TOMOKAZU ƤĂ on the underside of one foot. The work is of
defined sculptural quality.
HEIGHT 11.5 cm
Condition: Excellent condition.
Provenance: The Gabor Wilhelm Collection.
This work appears to be an exact copy of the ivory tartar archer in
the Trumpf collection illustrated in Patricia Jirka Schmitz, Netsuke,
fig. 6. However, the illustrated netsuke has himotoshi between the
dragon-headed quiver.
Estimate EUR 5.000,-
Starting price EUR 2.500,-

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