A CARVED WOOD NETSUKE OF KAPPA

Lot 160
17.09.2024 00:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 160 | A CARVED WOOD NETSUKE OF KAPPA
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$ 3 000 – 4 000
A CARVED WOOD NETSUKE OF KAPPA
EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY), SIGNED TOSUI
Of a kappa in the guise of a South-Sea Islander with emaciated body and wearing a grass skirt, his right hand raised to face making the gesture known as bekkanko, the left hand on the back holding a movable peg made of ebony, the eyes and tongue move with the peg, with red pigment remnant; incised signature on the back
3 ¼ in. (8.3 cm.) high




Literature

G. Lazarnick, Netsuke and Inro Artists, and How to Read Their Signatures (Honolulu: 1982). Pp. 1181.
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