Katalognummer: NE0920-190 KIKUGAWA: A LARGE IVORY MANJU NETSUKE OF BENKEI KILLING THE GIANT CARP By a member of the Kikugawa family, signed with a kakihan Japan, Tokyo, second half of 19th century A large and thick ivory manju netsuke showing exceptional carving in shishiabori (sunken relief). Details of the design are minutely engraved and stippled, with copious use of inking. Depicted is Onikawa (the young Benkei) wrestling with a gigantic carp, his tanto (dagger) raised to deliver a killing blow. The finely engraved rinbo pattern on Benkei’s garment refers to his later life as a yamabushi monk. The carp’s visible eye is inlaid in dark horn ringed with silver. The reverse with finely engraved rockwork. Particularly clever is the way that the artist has disguised an original age crack in his material with the ridge of the fish’s back. Cord attachment through the central peg. Signed with a characteristic kakihan of the Kikugawa family, most closely corresponding to Kikugawa Jorinsai (see Lazarnick, George (1982) Netsuke and Inro Artists, p. 1281, kakihan no. 28 & 29.) For a detailed discussion of the depiction see Seaman, Joyce (2013) Manju: Netsuke from The Collection of the Ashmolean Museum, p. 232, no. 94. DIAMETER 6.3 cm, THICKNESS 2.8 cm Condition: Excellent condition. Provenance: Ex collection Jury Kolodotschko. Schätzpreis 估價: € 6.000 Startpreis 起拍價: € 3.000 -
Katalognummer: NE0920-190 KIKUGAWA: A LARGE IVORY MANJU NETSUKE OF BENKEI KILLING THE GIANT CARP By a member of the Kikugawa family, signed with a kakihan Japan, Tokyo, second half of 19th century A large and thick ivory manju netsuke showing exceptional carving in shishiabori (sunken relief). Details of the design are minutely engraved and stippled, with copious use of inking. Depicted is Onikawa (the young Benkei) wrestling with a gigantic carp, his tanto (dagger) raised to deliver a killing blow. The finely engraved rinbo pattern on Benkei’s garment refers to his later life as a yamabushi monk. The carp’s visible eye is inlaid in dark horn ringed with silver. The reverse with finely engraved rockwork. Particularly clever is the way that the artist has disguised an original age crack in his material with the ridge of the fish’s back. Cord attachment through the central peg. Signed with a characteristic kakihan of the Kikugawa family, most closely corresponding to Kikugawa Jorinsai (see Lazarnick, George (1982) Netsuke and Inro Artists, p. 1281, kakihan no. 28 & 29.) For a detailed discussion of the depiction see Seaman, Joyce (2013) Manju: Netsuke from The Collection of the Ashmolean Museum, p. 232, no. 94. DIAMETER 6.3 cm, THICKNESS 2.8 cm Condition: Excellent condition. Provenance: Ex collection Jury Kolodotschko. Schätzpreis 估價: € 6.000 Startpreis 起拍價: € 3.000 -
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