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A GROUP OF NINE ASSORTED NETSUKE A GROUP OF TEN WOOD MASK NETSUKE
Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th/20th century Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th/20th century
Comprising a lacquer study of a Chinese-style helmet, signed Yujo; a Comprising a study of a menpo (half-mask), signed Sankyu saku; a study
lacquer hako netsuke decorated with spools of thread, a koto bridge, and of a long-nosed Tengu mask partially wrapped in a furoshiki (cloth); a
a leaf in gold and silver hiramaki-e and inlaid mother-of-pearl on a brown- lacquered-wood mask of Garuda; a curly haired Tengu mask, the eyes inlaid
lacquer ground, the interior hirame; a lacquer hako netsuke decorated in in shakudo and gilt; a mask of Okame with a sacred jewel on top of her
Rinpa style with open and closed fans in gold takamaki-e and inlays of head; a humorous study of Okame astride the long nose of Tengu mask; a
pewter and mother-of-pearl on a kinji ground, the interior nashiji, signed Garuda mask; a mask of a demon with an articulated jaw; a mask of Okina,
Kanyosai Morimitsu; a rounded-rectangular Ryusa netsuke inset with a signed Sosai (Yoshida Sosai); a mask of Kaminari with gold-lacquer eyes,
red-lacquer peony; a lacquered lotus root netsuke decorated with water signed Tankaichi Deme Uman
striders in gold and black hiramaki-e, signed Morishige; an oval wood 1 7/8in (4.7cm) high, the largest
kagamibuta inset with a hardstone pierce-carved design on a bird in flowers;
a shakudo and silver rounded-square manj netsuke finished in a simulated $3,000 - 5,000
woven bamboo design; a shag-antler Ryusa netsuke inset with an iron
plate decorated with a chrysanthemum in brass openwork; a wood manju Provenance
netsuke decorated with simulated woven rattan and lacquer roundels of The first purchased from Klefisch, Cologne, 1981
Chinese characters The second purchased in 1977
1 5/8in (4.1cm) diameter, the largest The third and ninth purchased from Ito, Tokyo, 2006, and 1973
The fourth purchased from Sotheby’s, New York, 1976
$2,500 - 3,500 The fifth purchased from Eskenazi, London, 1978
The sixth purchased from Robert Fleischel, Tokyo, 2016
Provenance The eighth purchased from Sotheby’s, London, 1974
The first purchased from Asahi, Tokyo, 1974 The tenth purchased from Abe Gercik, Tokyo, 1975
The second purchased from Sotheby’s, London, 1977
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The fourth purchased from Konishi, Los Angeles, 2000 A GROUP OF TEN WOOD AND LACQUERED WOOD NETSUKE
The fifth purchased in Tokyo, 1975 Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th/20th century
The sixth purchased from Ouchi, Tokyo, 1977 Comprising a small painted wood mask of a demon; a Negoro-style lacquer
mask of a humorous demon, inscribed Deme Uman; a guri-style lacquer
576 mask of O-Beshimi; a lacquered-wood mask of a young man, signed
A GROUP OF EIGHT LARGE MASK NETSUKE Deme; a lacquered-wood mask of Hannya, signed Koshin and with a kao;
Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th/20th century, a lacquered-wood mask of Beshimi; a lacquered-wood mask of Okame;
and Showa era (1926-1989), late 20th century a Negoro-syle lacquered-wood mask of a shishi (lion) with articulated ears
Comprising a persimmon-wood Bugaku mask with a dragon headdress; and jaw; a Negoro-style lacquered-wood mask of Jurojin; a wood mask of
an Okame mask, signed Zeikan; a mask of Bato, signed B B (Brad Blakely); Jurojin
a mask of a grimacing man; a mask of a grinning demon, inscribed with a 2in (5cm) high, the largest
kao; a mask of a sleeping fox, signed Deme; a fox mask with an articulated
jaw; a mask of a horned demon $3,000 - 5,000
2 1/2in (6.3cm) high, the largest
Provenance
$2,500 - 3,500 The first purchased from Otsuki, Tokyo, 1972
The third purchased from The Oriental Bzaar, Tokyo, 1999
Provenance The fourth purchased from I. M. Chait, Los Angeles, 2009
The first purchased from Christie’s, London, 1980 The fifth purchased from Konishi, Los Angeles, 1983
The second and fifth purchased from Asahi, Tokyo, 1972 The sixth purchased from Sotheby’s, London, 1976
The third purchased directly from the artist, 1983 The seventh purchased from Rare Art, New York, 1977
The fourth purchased from Robert Fleischel, Tokyo, 2013 The eighth purchased from Christie’s, London, 1978
The sixth and seventh purchased from I. M. Chait, Los Angeles, 2007, and The ninth purchased in San Diego, 1992
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