Lot Essay
Hosaka Kozan was a pupil of Ishikawa Komei active in the mid to late Meiji Period and a prominent member of the Japan Ivory Sculptor's Association.
Details
PARROT PERCHED ON A BRANCH
Ivory okimono of a parrot on a branch encircled at the base by a leafy vine, inlaid eyes, signed Kozan saku
ca. 1890
5 in. (12.7 cm.) high, base and stem crack
Ivory okimono of a parrot on a branch encircled at the base by a leafy vine, inlaid eyes, signed Kozan saku
ca. 1890
5 in. (12.7 cm.) high, base and stem crack
Exhibited
The Eighth Exhibition of the Japan Ivory Carver's Association, Ueno, Tokyo, 1985, listed in the catalogue as a 'classic work'. Included in the same exhibition was a large selection of the Go Collection loaned by the Tokyo National Museum.