A kagamibuta of Kakinomoto Hidemaro, by Shûraku. Around 1850-1870 - image-1

Lot 230 Dα

A kagamibuta of Kakinomoto Hidemaro, by Shûraku. Around 1850-1870

Auction 1036 - overview Cologne
14.06.2014, 10:00 - The Kolodotschko Collection of Netsuke I
Estimate: 500 € - 700 €
Result: 549 € (incl. premium)

A kagamibuta of Kakinomoto Hidemaro, by Shûraku. Around 1850-1870

The disc of shakudô with the poet holding a brush and leaning onto an armrest and an oni rubbing an ink stick on a suzuri, in iroe takazôgan. Signed Shûraku with kaô. The bowl of ivory.
Diameter 4.3 cm

A popular model by metal artist Ozawa Shûraku, compare the kagamibuta formerly in the collection of Raymond Bushell, today in the LACMA.