Lot 519
519
VARIOUS PROPERTIES
AN IVORY NETSUKE

Details
AN IVORY NETSUKE
EDO PERIOD (LATE 18TH CENTURY), KYOTO SCHOOL, SIGNED YOSHINAGA

Carved in the figure of Shoki, the Demon Queller, holding in one hand a struggling oni and in the other his long sword, clothed in long Chinese-style robes engraved with chrysanthemum scroll, the sword scabbard hung from a rope cord carved on the back, details etched and stained dark, signed in an oval reserve at the hem of the cloak- 3 1/2 in. (9 cm.) high
Provenance
W. W. Winkworth
M. T. Hindson

Lot Essay

Published

Davey, Neil K. Netsuke, A comprehensive study based on the M. T. Hindson Collection (London, 1974), no. 141, illustrated
The Connoisseur Encyclopedia of Antiques, Vol. II, 1955, illustrated
Lazarnick, George. Netsuke and Inro Artists (Honolulu, 1982), p. 1241, illustrated