NETSUKE
The Property from an English private collection
(lots 1-22)
The Property from an English private collection
(lots 1-22)
Lot 19
Two kagamibuta netsuke One by Ryoei, 19th century
7 November 2013, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £2,000 inc. premium
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One by Ryoei, 19th century
Each bearing a stag antler bowl, the first reticulated around the sides with formal designs and pierced beneath with a formal design incorporating the seal signature Koku(sai), the iron plate cast in relief with a bird on a rice stook by a peony bush, unsigned, 4.5cm (1¾in); the second bowl carved in relief with a mass of various fallen leaves, the shibuichi plate carved and inlaid in iroe takazogan with an oni appearing from behind a thatched roof, details in gold and shakudo, signed Ryoei with kao, 4.5cm (1¾in). (2).
Each bearing a stag antler bowl, the first reticulated around the sides with formal designs and pierced beneath with a formal design incorporating the seal signature Koku(sai), the iron plate cast in relief with a bird on a rice stook by a peony bush, unsigned, 4.5cm (1¾in); the second bowl carved in relief with a mass of various fallen leaves, the shibuichi plate carved and inlaid in iroe takazogan with an oni appearing from behind a thatched roof, details in gold and shakudo, signed Ryoei with kao, 4.5cm (1¾in). (2).
Footnotes
Provenance: the second kagamibuta netsuke from the Mark Fletcher collection.
