18TH AND 19TH CENTURY
Details
Six wood, a nut and four ivory netsuke
18th and 19th Century
Of Raijin seated on his cloud with a large drum attached to his back, with inlay, signed Yasutada; an oni taking refuge in a measuring box to try and avoid beans which are being thrown at him; a partly lacquered seal type netsuke of a karashishi resting his paws on a mokugyo, slight rubbing to lacquer; a seated karashishi, signed Minko, chip; a wolf with his right paw on a skull, eyes inlaid; Raijin and his drum, resting on a cloud, School of Masakazu; a carved nut depicting plum blossom; a mythical beast on bamboo, eyes inlaid in horn, mouth possibly restored; a rat on a candle, eyes inlaid in horn, age cracks; a stag lying curled up; and a saddled horse grazing
1¼in. (3.3cm.), 1¼in. (3.1cm.), 1¼in. (3.3cm.), 1¾in. (4.4cm.), 1 3/8in. (3.7cm.), 1 3/8in. (3.5cm.), 1¼in. (2.9cm.), 2in. (5cm.), 2 1/8in. (5.8cm.), 1½in. (3.7cm.) and 1¾in. (4.3cm.) respectively (11)
18th and 19th Century
Of Raijin seated on his cloud with a large drum attached to his back, with inlay, signed Yasutada; an oni taking refuge in a measuring box to try and avoid beans which are being thrown at him; a partly lacquered seal type netsuke of a karashishi resting his paws on a mokugyo, slight rubbing to lacquer; a seated karashishi, signed Minko, chip; a wolf with his right paw on a skull, eyes inlaid; Raijin and his drum, resting on a cloud, School of Masakazu; a carved nut depicting plum blossom; a mythical beast on bamboo, eyes inlaid in horn, mouth possibly restored; a rat on a candle, eyes inlaid in horn, age cracks; a stag lying curled up; and a saddled horse grazing
1¼in. (3.3cm.), 1¼in. (3.1cm.), 1¼in. (3.3cm.), 1¾in. (4.4cm.), 1 3/8in. (3.7cm.), 1 3/8in. (3.5cm.), 1¼in. (2.9cm.), 2in. (5cm.), 2 1/8in. (5.8cm.), 1½in. (3.7cm.) and 1¾in. (4.3cm.) respectively (11)
Provenance
The tenth Bluth Collection no. 211