A wood netsuke of a tengu no tamago, by Ryusen (Tatekawa). Early 19th century - image-1

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A wood netsuke of a tengu no tamago, by Ryusen (Tatekawa). Early 19th century

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A wood netsuke of a tengu no tamago, by Ryusen (Tatekawa). Early 19th century

A goblin-like karasu tengu emerges from a cracked egg, one claw pulling out his left wing while the other claw rests on the shell. Signed Ryusen tô in a sunken rounded rectangular reserve.
Height 3.8 cm; length 4 cm

Provenienz

Raymond Bushell (1910-1998), Tokyo (sold at Sotheby’s New York, 21.3.2000, lot 76)
Sidney L. Moss Ltd., London

Literaturhinweise

INSJ, Vol. 20, No. 2 (Summer 2000), p. 36 (Advertisement Sidney L. Moss Ltd., London)
Sidney L. Moss Ltd., Myth, Reality and Magical Transformation: Aesthetics and Connoisseurship in Japanese Netsuke, London 2000, no. 39