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SIGNED KOHOSAI (OSAKA), MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)
Details
An ivory Manju netsuke
Signed Kohosai (Osaka), Meiji Period (Late 19th Century)
Manju, heavily stained ivory; deeply carved with a huge figure, perhaps a Nio [Deva King or Buddhist guardian deity], brandishing a sword over a screaming smaller figure in a Chinese-style hat, the reverse with a rock and tree in lower relief, the himotoshi formed by two equal holes on the reverse, signed on the reverse with incised and stained characters Kohosai, old wear
5.7 x 2.1 cm. (2¼ x 13/16 in.)
Signed Kohosai (Osaka), Meiji Period (Late 19th Century)
Manju, heavily stained ivory; deeply carved with a huge figure, perhaps a Nio [Deva King or Buddhist guardian deity], brandishing a sword over a screaming smaller figure in a Chinese-style hat, the reverse with a rock and tree in lower relief, the himotoshi formed by two equal holes on the reverse, signed on the reverse with incised and stained characters Kohosai, old wear
5.7 x 2.1 cm. (2¼ x 13/16 in.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 27 November 1984, lot 27 (to Dreesmann).
Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann (inventory no. E-28).
Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann (inventory no. E-28).
Special notice
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