A Boxwood And A Gold Lacquer Netsuke

THE FIRST SIGNED YOSHIKIYO SAKU

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A Boxwood And A Gold Lacquer Netsuke
The first signed Yoshikiyo saku
The first carved in the form of a bamboo shoot, but this is actually a "Trojan horse" for two men seated at a table playing go, with five others standing around them watching the game, all of which is carved through a hole in the front of the bamboo shoot measuring 0.5 x 0.7cm, circa 1800; the gold lacquer netsuke carved in the form of two goke [a pair of lidded containers for go counters, one for black and the other for white stones], in order to make a compact composition the forms of the containers have been moulded into one another, the shippo design decorations in hiramakie and usu-niku takamakie on a kinji ground, the silver ring himotoshi and boss with silver and gold washers in the form of kiku
2.3/8 x 0.7/8 x 1in. (6 x 2.2 x 2.65cm) and 1¼ x 26 x 16in. (3.2 x 5.7 x 3.3cm.) respectively (2)

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Please note the first piece is signed Yoshikiyo saku NOT Yoshikiyo haku.

Descriptif du lot

Although Yoshikiyo did also carve animals, etc., he made at least one more example of this subject (see Lazarnick, p. 1234) and another of a chestnut, also with a small hole in the front, inside which was carved a go-ban and two players - but no onlookers.

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