LOT 167 KIKUGAWA MASAMITSU: A FINE INLAID IVORY MANJU NETS…
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KIKUGAWA MASAMITSU: A FINE INLAID IVORY MANJU NETSUKE By Kikugawa Masamitsu, signed Kikugawa Masamitsu and kakihan Japan, Edo, mid-19th century, Edo period (1615-1868) Crafted from a finely polished and choice piece of ivory and carved in shishiabori (sunken relief) in the front with an image of a boy as a sambaso dancer, wearing an eboshi decorated with red lacquer, and holding a fan and a bell tree. Beautifully crafted facial features and details inlaid in green-stained ivory. The backside with a finely engraved image of an uprooted pine sapling, an allusion to ne no hi no asabi (entertainment of the day of the rat), and the signature KIKUGAWA MASAMITSU 菊川正光 and kakihan. DIAMETER 4.5 cm Condition: Very good condition. One tiny chip on the inside and fine age cracks to the backside. Provenance: French private collection, old collection number on the inside. Literature comparison: Compare to a similar manju netsuke in Seaman, Joyce (2013) Manju: Netsuke from The Collection of the Ashmolean Museum, p. 127, no. 49.
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