LOT 1420 JUGYOKU: A WOOD NETSUKE OF A SCULPTOR CARVING A NIO HEAD
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Description JUGYOKU: A WOOD NETSUKE OF A SCULPTOR CARVING A NIO HEADBy Ryukosai Jugyoku, signed Jugyoku 壽玉 with kakihanJapan, Edo (Tokyo), mid-19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)Finely carved as a sculptor giving the finishing touches to the head of a Nio figure, his facial expression amusingly mirrored in the expression of Nio. Two himotoshi through the base and signed JUGYOKU with the artist's kakihan.HEIGHT 3 cm, LENGTH 4.4 cmCondition: Good condition, some wear, the toes reattached to the foot, tiny chip to the himotoshi and a small hole at the sculptor's robe connecting the two himotoshi.Provenance: Collection Gabor Orszagh, Budapest, Hungary, purchased from Michael Strone.Literature comparison:Compare a closely related wood netsuke of a sculptor with Nio head by Ryukosai Jugyoku II, illustrated in Meinertzhagen, Frederick / Lazarnick, George (1986) MCI, Part A, p. 274.Auction comparison:Compare a related wood netsuke of a sculptor and Nio head by Jugyoku, at Van Ham, Auction 366, lot 2417 (sold for 4,515 EUR).
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