Lot Essay
For a similar example illustrated, see G. Lazarnick, Netsuke and Inro Artists, and How to Read Their Signatures （Honolulu, 1980), p. 560.
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Property from an Important European Private Collection
A CARVED WOOD SASHI-NETSUKE GOURD
MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), SIGNED KAIGYOKUSAI AND SEALED MASATSUGU (KAIGYOKUSAI MASATSUGU; 1813-1892)
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A CARVED WOOD SASHI-NETSUKE GOURD
MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), SIGNED KAIGYOKUSAI AND SEALED MASATSUGU (KAIGYOKUSAI MASATSUGU; 1813-1892)
Finely carved as a long gourd and curled vineleaf, its stem forming the himotoshi (cord hole), the top and bottom lightly stained
5 ¾ in. (14.6 cm.) high
MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), SIGNED KAIGYOKUSAI AND SEALED MASATSUGU (KAIGYOKUSAI MASATSUGU; 1813-1892)
Finely carved as a long gourd and curled vineleaf, its stem forming the himotoshi (cord hole), the top and bottom lightly stained
5 ¾ in. (14.6 cm.) high
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Takaaki Murakami (村上高明)
Vice President, Specialist and Head of Department | Japanese and Korean Art
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