Japanese Works of Art - 1st July 2020
Lot 370
NINE JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE OF LEGENDARY FIGURES EDO PERIOD AND LATER
Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £8000
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Description
NINE JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE OF LEGENDARY FIGURES
EDO PERIOD AND LATER, 18TH CENTURY AND LATER
Variously depicting figures from Buddhist myths and other legends, including: Shoki the Demon Queller and an oni; two netsuke of nio restringing sandals; Kanzan and Jittoku examining a scroll; Binzuru Rakan resting with his pet tiger; Heikuro Masatora slaying the boar; one of a warrior holding a shoe and the remaining two carved as sennin, some with signatures including Ryugyoku, Yoshinaga, Itsumin and Suketada, 4.5cm max. (9)
Provenance: from the collection of a lady of title, and thence by descent.