SIGNED ZERAKU AND DEME, EDO PERIOD (LATE 18TH-MID 19TH CENTURY)

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A Kagami Netsuke and Two Others
Signed Zeraku and Deme, Edo Period (Late 18th-Mid 19th Century)
The first consisting of a turned ivory frame with silver plate engraved in katakiribori with a horse seen from behind, signed Zeraku with a kao; the second a netsuke in the form of a Hannya [demon-woman] mask, decorated in polychrome lacquer and signed in worn gold hiramaki-e on the back Deme... man; the third carved red lacquer in the form of a Chinese-style foot-stool, the top depicting Jurojin with a crane
1 11/16in. (4.3cm.) diam., 1 15/16in. (4.9cm.) high; 1 5/16in. (3.4cm.) high (3)

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Lot Essay

The signature Zeraku is recorded by Haynes as featuring on a katakiri shibuichi kagami netsuke in the Pincus collection.1

1 Robert E. Haynes, The Index of Japanese Sword Fittings and Associated Artists (Ellwangen, Germany, 2001), p. 2417 (12554.0)

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