Lot Essay
As one of her many feats of strength, Kaneko, the Amazon of Japan, stopped a runaway horse by stepping on its halter, as in this netsuke. On the reverse is the groom sprawled on the ground.
Details
KANEKO STOPPING A RUNAWAY TEMPLE HORSE
Ivory manju netsuke, carved on the reverse with a figure of a groom, signed Kogyokusai with kakihan in the form of a flying crane
1 7/8 in. (4.7 cm.) diameter
Ivory manju netsuke, carved on the reverse with a figure of a groom, signed Kogyokusai with kakihan in the form of a flying crane
1 7/8 in. (4.7 cm.) diameter
Literature
George Lazarnick, Netsuke and Inro Artists, Reed Publishers, Honolulu, 1982, illustrated p. 639; Raymond Bushell, Netsuke Familiar and Unfamiliar, Weatherhill, New York, 1975, fig. 294
Exhibited
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1987-1988