拍品專文
For a similar figure of a seated man with articulated musculature and ivory inlay by Ryukei see catalogue, The I.A. and Cecile Mann Victor Collection of Netsuke, sold in these Rooms, April 20, 1989, lot 50
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A WOOD OKIMONO-STYLE NETSUKE
EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), ATTRIBUTED TO RYUKEI
Modelled as a old man seated in loose robes and holding an ivory closed fan, the bare right arm muscular though the face lined around the mouth and recessed beneath the cheekbones, pupils of the eyes rendered by inlaid ivory discs, a section of the pate also inlaid in ivory, inlaid rectangular signature reserve on the base missing, himotoshi on base--2 5/8 in. (7.5 cm.) high
EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), ATTRIBUTED TO RYUKEI
Modelled as a old man seated in loose robes and holding an ivory closed fan, the bare right arm muscular though the face lined around the mouth and recessed beneath the cheekbones, pupils of the eyes rendered by inlaid ivory discs, a section of the pate also inlaid in ivory, inlaid rectangular signature reserve on the base missing, himotoshi on base--2 5/8 in. (7.5 cm.) high