Lot 72
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AN IVORY NETSUKE
AN IVORY NETSUKE

SIGNED GARAKU (OSAKA), EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY)

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AN IVORY NETSUKE
Signed Garaku (Osaka), Edo Period (18th Century)
Of a seated monkey, his right hand on his right leg, looking down at his left leg, katabori, ivory with dark staining, partly worn away, signed on a polished rectangular reserve below the left thigh Garaku
1in. (3.8cm.)

Lot Essay

Soken kisho, published in 1781, records that this artist lived in Osaka, had the personal name Risuke, was the pupil of Tawaraya Denbei and was skilled at carving1.

1 Inaba Tsuryu Shin'emon, Soken kisho [Strange and Wonderful Sword-Fittings] (Osaka, 1781) vol. 7, pp. 9-10

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