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EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), THE FIRST WITH SIGNATURE HIDEMASA
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A Lacquered Ivory and an Ivory Netsuke **
Edo Period (19th century), the first with signature Hidemasa
The first of a Bugaku (Ran-ryo-o) dancer, his right leg raised in mid-stride, his robes decorated in gold lacquer with roundels of dragons and butterflies on a diamond-patterned ground, his belt inlaid with mother-of-pearl bosses, the signature in a mother-of-pearl reserve; the second of a Chinese lion standing on a plinth, its left paw on a ball
2in. (5.1cm.); 1.5/8in. (4.2cm.) high (2)
Edo Period (19th century), the first with signature Hidemasa
The first of a Bugaku (Ran-ryo-o) dancer, his right leg raised in mid-stride, his robes decorated in gold lacquer with roundels of dragons and butterflies on a diamond-patterned ground, his belt inlaid with mother-of-pearl bosses, the signature in a mother-of-pearl reserve; the second of a Chinese lion standing on a plinth, its left paw on a ball
2in. (5.1cm.); 1.5/8in. (4.2cm.) high (2)