A Wood Netsuke

SIGNED SHUKOSAI (?EDO), EDO PERIOD (LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY)

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A Wood Netsuke
Signed Shukosai (?Edo), Edo Period (Late 18th/Early 19th Century)
Katabori, stained boxwood; a standing figurine of Shoki, his sword in his right hand, wearing a startled expression as he senses an oni resting on his large hat, the carving boldly executed and heavily stained, Shoki's eyes inlaid in dark horn, the himotoshi formed by a larger and a smaller hole side by side in the back, signed with incised and stained characters on a rectangular reserve between the holes Shukosai
2 11/16 x 1in. (6.9 x 2.5cm.)

拍品專文

Lazarnick records a figure, signed with these characters, of a standing Buddhist figure with a bell. On a smaller scale than earlier Kyoto and Osaka Shoki figurines, this netsuke shows some of the hallmarks of the early Edo style, including himotoshi holes placed side by side (rather than with the larger hole below the smaller), one of them concealed in a fold of the robes.