Lot Essay
For a similar example see George Lazarnick, Netsuke and Inro Artists and How to Read Their Signatures (Honolulu, 1982), p.1001
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SIGNED SHUNSAI (CHIKUYUKEN), EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
Details
A Wood Netsuke
Signed Shunsai (Chikuyuken), Edo Period (19th century)
Of an manzai dancer wearing a mask, a large shishimai mask with a movable jaw on his back, ivory and mother-of-pearl inlays, Tokyo School
4.6cm. high
Signed Shunsai (Chikuyuken), Edo Period (19th century)
Of an manzai dancer wearing a mask, a large shishimai mask with a movable jaw on his back, ivory and mother-of-pearl inlays, Tokyo School
4.6cm. high
Special notice
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