Asian Art II - 18th November 2015
Lot 337
λ A JAPANESE IVORY KISERUZUTSU MEIJI 1868-1912 The pipe case of musozutsu form carved in high...
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λ A JAPANESE IVORY KISERUZUTSU
MEIJI 1868-1912
The pipe case of musozutsu form carved in high relief with Shoki the demon queller fighting four oni, the lid left undecorated, signed Ômin, 22cm. (2)
Cf. F Meinertzhagen, The Meinertzhagen Card Index on Netsuke in the Archives of the British Museum, Part B, p.625, where another ivory kiseruzutsu bearing the same signature is described.