Lot 84
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REISHI FUNGUS

Details
REISHI FUNGUS
Dry lacquer, signed Kyusai

(1879-1938)

1 9/16 in. (4 cm.) long, in fitted wood tomobako inscribed Reishi kanshitsu netsuke "dry lacquer netsuke of fungus", and on the underside of the lid Showa hinoto no u choshun "Showa 2 (1927) [cyclically dated], spring", Kyusai koku kore "Kyusai carved this" with large red seal Kyu

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Provenance
U.A. Casal (Collection no. 5218)

Lot Essay

A similar dry lacquer netsuke of fungus by Kyusai is illustrated in George Lazarnick, Netsuke and Inro Signatures, Honolulu, Reed Publishers, 1982, p. 696


Kanshitsu is a pure, dry lacquer notable for its remarkably heavy weight.