Lot Essay
The signature Shoryu is supposed to have been used by Ozaki Kokusai (see also lot no. 52, 59, 63); see E.A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists (Harehope, Northumberland, 1995), p. 140.
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EDO/MEIJI PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
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TWO STAGSHORN KISERUZUTSU [PIPECASES]
Edo/Meiji period (19th century)
The first carved in openwork with a hawk in a pine tree, a gardener's basket at its base, unsigned; and another carved as an ashinaga [long-legged foreigner] with an imaginary creature crouched between his feet, signed on the base in the form of a seal (but with the characters not in reverse) Shoryu
8¼in. (21cm.) and 8in. (20.2cm.) long respectively (2)
Edo/Meiji period (19th century)
The first carved in openwork with a hawk in a pine tree, a gardener's basket at its base, unsigned; and another carved as an ashinaga [long-legged foreigner] with an imaginary creature crouched between his feet, signed on the base in the form of a seal (but with the characters not in reverse) Shoryu
8¼in. (21cm.) and 8in. (20.2cm.) long respectively (2)
Provenance
The first A. C. C. Jahn Collection
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