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Lot 462
Five ivory netsuke
19TH CENTURY
Closed21 May 2008
Price Realised
EUR 2,375
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Five ivory netsuke
19th Century
The first depicting the drunk priest Sukumamo dancing with a bronze incense-burner on his head, holding a sceptre in one hand and a fan in the other, signed Genryosai; the second depicting a Ranryoo dancer wearing a ferocious-looking mask with moveable jaw, huge teeth and crowned by a dragon's head, holding a stick in his right hand; the third depicting a foreign entertainer standing on one leg, holding a drumstick in his left hand, a mask tied around his waist; the third depicting a young acrobat standing on his hands wearing a shishi-mask and holding a hand-drum to his breast, signed in an oval reserve Shogyoku; the fifth depicting a dancer masquerading as Inari, the god of rice, harvest and abundance, holding a smith's hammer symbolising his assistance to the swordsmith Munechika, on his headdress a small fox representing his messenger, signed Soichi
Sizes ranging from 4.3 cm. to 6.7 cm. high (5)
19th Century
The first depicting the drunk priest Sukumamo dancing with a bronze incense-burner on his head, holding a sceptre in one hand and a fan in the other, signed Genryosai; the second depicting a Ranryoo dancer wearing a ferocious-looking mask with moveable jaw, huge teeth and crowned by a dragon's head, holding a stick in his right hand; the third depicting a foreign entertainer standing on one leg, holding a drumstick in his left hand, a mask tied around his waist; the third depicting a young acrobat standing on his hands wearing a shishi-mask and holding a hand-drum to his breast, signed in an oval reserve Shogyoku; the fifth depicting a dancer masquerading as Inari, the god of rice, harvest and abundance, holding a smith's hammer symbolising his assistance to the swordsmith Munechika, on his headdress a small fox representing his messenger, signed Soichi
Sizes ranging from 4.3 cm. to 6.7 cm. high (5)
Five ivory netsuke
19th Century
The first depicting the drunk priest Sukumamo dancing with a bronze incense-burner on his head, holding a sceptre in one hand and a fan in the other, signed Genryosai; the second depicting a Ranryoo dancer wearing a ferocious-looking mask with moveable jaw, huge teeth and crowned by a dragon's head, holding a stick in his right hand; the third depicting a foreign entertainer standing on one leg, holding a drumstick in his left hand, a mask tied around his waist; the third depicting a young acrobat standing on his hands wearing a shishi-mask and holding a hand-drum to his breast, signed in an oval reserve Shogyoku; the fifth depicting a dancer masquerading as Inari, the god of rice, harvest and abundance, holding a smith's hammer symbolising his assistance to the swordsmith Munechika, on his headdress a small fox representing his messenger, signed Soichi
Sizes ranging from 4.3 cm. to 6.7 cm. high (5)
19th Century
The first depicting the drunk priest Sukumamo dancing with a bronze incense-burner on his head, holding a sceptre in one hand and a fan in the other, signed Genryosai; the second depicting a Ranryoo dancer wearing a ferocious-looking mask with moveable jaw, huge teeth and crowned by a dragon's head, holding a stick in his right hand; the third depicting a foreign entertainer standing on one leg, holding a drumstick in his left hand, a mask tied around his waist; the third depicting a young acrobat standing on his hands wearing a shishi-mask and holding a hand-drum to his breast, signed in an oval reserve Shogyoku; the fifth depicting a dancer masquerading as Inari, the god of rice, harvest and abundance, holding a smith's hammer symbolising his assistance to the swordsmith Munechika, on his headdress a small fox representing his messenger, signed Soichi
Sizes ranging from 4.3 cm. to 6.7 cm. high (5)
Christie’s charges a premium to the buyer on the Hammer Price of each lot sold at the following rates: 29.75% of the Hammer Price of each lot up to and including €5,000, plus 23.8% of the Hammer Price between €5,001 and €400,000, plus 14.28% of any amount in excess of €400,001. Buyer’s premium is calculated on the basis of each lot individually.
Specialist note
The dance named after Sukumamo was called Kanae Kaburi (Incense burner on head).