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A GROUP EIGHT WOOD AND STAG-ANTLER NETSUKE KANO TESSAI (1845-1925) AND OTHERS
Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th/20th century Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era 19th/20th century
Comprising a tall standing figure in long robes and tall hat holding a straw A group of twelve mask netsuke
broom, signed Jiro; a seated figure admiring a short sword in a plain wood Each carved in wood and decorated in pigments, representing various
scabbard, inscribed Miwa; a model of a crouching shishi (lion); a lacquered- theater masks, comprising Tsurimanko, signed Kano Tessai and with a kao;
wood figure o a monkey dressed as a Sanbaso dancer; a model of a bird Hagoromo, signed Kyoka to; Suikoju, signed Shosai to; a Gigaku mask
decorated with inlays of mother-of-pearl and lacquer; a twisted rhizome of signed Kyosai to; Hannya, signed Tesshu and with a kao; a Gigaku mask,
bamboo; an ebony model of a log; an ebony and stag-antler model of a signed Shosai to; a Gigaku mask, signed Kano Tessai, with the artist’s kao;
roof tile and seashells, signed Gyokuzan Otafuku, signed Kyoka to; Tobido, inscribed Tessai; Nio, signed Shosai to;
3 7/8in (9.8cm) high, the largest Gyodo, signed Tessai to; Ranyo-o, signed Tetsuro to
2 3/8in (6cm) high, the largest
$3,000 - 5,000
$2,000 - 3,000
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HARA SHUGETSU III (DIED CIRCA 1880) Provenance
A set of twelve wood mask netsuke The first purchased from Ruth Schniedman, New York, 1974
Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century The second purchased from Itoh, Tokyo, 2000
The set of twelve masks carved in light-colored boxwood, representing The fourth purchased from Sotheby’s, New York, 1975
characters from the Noh drama, each signed Hogen Shuetsu The fifth and eleventh purchased from Otsuki, Kyoto, 1974
1 1/4in (3.2cm) high, the largest The sixth, eighth, and tenth purchased from Abe Gerlick, Tokyo, 1975
The seventh purchased from Klefisch, Cologne, 1975
$2,500 - 3,500 The ninth purchased from David Swedlow, Newport Beach, 1982
The twelfth purchased from Hugh Weiser, Los Angles, 1982
Provenance
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A GROUP OF EIGHT METAL NETSUKE
Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th/20th century
Comprising a brass model of a bird on a pine branch; a shibuichi model of
a Hannya mask, the eyes and horns gilt, the back plate incised with maple
leaves, signed Mitsutoshi; a bronze mask of a grimacing man, the eyes and
teeth gilt; a small bronze mask of a demon; a shibuichi mask of a demon; a
silver mask of Okame, signed Ittei Shunko and seal Ittei; a bronze mokugyo
bell; a bronze model of a saddle decorated with paulownia crests in gold
takazogan
3 1/8in (7.9cm) high, the largest
$2,500 - 3,500

Provenance
The first purchased from Ito, Tokyo, 1973
The second purchased from Orientations Gallery, New York, 1987
The third purchased from Otsuki, Kyoto, 1974
The fourth purchased from Ronin Gallery, New York, 1995
The fifth purchased from Tony Murray, Tokyo, 1977
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