A lacquered wood miniature netsuke of a sleeping young monk by a mokugyo, by Kyûsai. Dated 1919 - image-1

Lot 980 Dα

A lacquered wood miniature netsuke of a sleeping young monk by a mokugyo, by Kyûsai. Dated 1919

Auction 1044 - overview Cologne
06.12.2014, 10:30 - The Kolodotschko Collection of Netsuke, Japanese Art
Estimate: 800 € - 1.200 €
Result: 1.488 € (incl. premium)
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A lacquered wood miniature netsuke of a sleeping young monk by a mokugyo, by Kyûsai. Dated 1919

Seated by a large mokugyo, his left hand placed on his knee. Details in red and green lacquer. Signed Kyûsai. With original kiri-box, inscribed on the lid “netsuke akebono (daybreak)” and on the reverse “Taishô hachi tsuchinoto-mi (1919) shinharu Tetsugendô Kyûsai” and seal Tetsu.
Height 1.8 cm; length 2.9 cm

Hirai Shin (1879-1938) with artist names Tetsugendô (until 1914), Kyûsai (as written here until 1927) and Ikkyû, lived in Osaka. He was proficient in many techniques including lacquering and carved several „micro-netsuke“.

Provenance

Raymond Bushell (1910-1998), Tokyo
Barry Davies (1948-2005), London

Literature

Bushell 1975, p. 108, no. 101
Sagemonoya 2008, p. 56, no. 119