Lot 23
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AN IVORY NETSUKE
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AN IVORY NETSUKE

SIGNED KOGYOKUSAI, EDO/MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)

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AN IVORY NETSUKE
Signed Kogyokusai, Edo/Meiji period (Late 19th century)
Of Shoki holding an oni by both ears to compel him to surrender Yokihi's flute which the oni hides behind his back, details lightly stained in black, signed Kogyokusai
2½in. (6.5cm.) high
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Lot Essay

An almost identical netsuke signed Kioriusai in the W. L. Behrens Collection is illustrated in Henri L. Joly, W. L. Behrens Collection, pt. 1 Netsuke (London, 1912), no. 585, pl. XII and Henri L. Joly, Legend in Japanese Art (London, 1908), p. 473

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