A boxwood netsuke of a tengu no tamago, by Masakazu. Early 19th century - image-1

Lot 761 Dα

A boxwood netsuke of a tengu no tamago, by Masakazu. Early 19th century

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A boxwood netsuke of a tengu no tamago, by Masakazu. Early 19th century

A long-haired karasu tengu emerges from a longish cracked egg, one claw pulling out his right wing while the other claw rests on the shell, one claw visible in a hole in the egg below. Signed Masakazu (formerly read Masasada) in a rectangular reserve.
Height 3.5 cm; length 4.5 cm

Provenienz

Raymond Bushell (1910-1998), Tokyo (until 1960)
Cornelius V.S. Roosevelt, Washington, D.C. (1915-1991) (sold at Sotheby’s New York, 2.6.1992, lot 104)
Lempertz, Cologne, 11./12.12.2009, lot 870

Literaturhinweise

Lazarnick 1982, p. 711