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A COMPACT WOOD NETSUKE OF DAIKOKU A WOOD NETSUKE OF HOTEI AND A KARAKO (CHINESE BOY)
By Nobuyuki, 19th century By Masatsugu, early 19th century
Daikoku with a bemused expression, crouching over a captured Hotei standing, smiling broadly, holding a sack containing a small
thief struggling beneath, the thief holding a broken fan, Daikoku’s boy slung around his neck, his long loose robe lightly engraved with
robe carved with brocade designs; signed in cursive form in a raised scrolls, the wood slightly worn with a good patina, the hair of the
rectangular reserve Nobuyuki. karako inlaid in dark horn; signed Masatsugu.
3cm (1 3/16in). 6.3cm (2½in) high.

£800 - 1,000 £2,000 - 2,500
JPY110,000 - 140,000 JPY280,000 - 350,000
US$1,100 - 1,300 US$2,600 - 3,300

木彫根付 大黒 銘「信之」 19世紀 木彫根付 布袋 銘「正次」 19世紀前期

Provenance: Provenance:
Purchased at Beaussant-Lefèvre, Hotel Drouot, 10 April 1997. Purchased at Sausverd, Joigny, 2 April 1994.

For two similar examples, see M. Coullery, Baur, nos.C48 and C49. The artist of this netsuke is not Kaigyokusai Masatsugu: the scrolling
pattern on Hotei’s robe is engraved in the manner of Shuosai
Hidemasa of Osaka.

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