By Masayoshi, signed Masayoshi 正義 Japan, Ise-Yamada, mid-19th century, Edo period (1615-1868) A rather rare and unusual subject depicting a carver at work on a Buddhist statue. The body of the statue is still in the rough, but the face is already very finely rendered. The character ‘kin’ 金 for ‘gold’ is found on the man’s back, thus identifying the statue as the Gold Jizo Bosatsu (Kin-osho). Himotoshi underneath and signed MASAYOSHI. LENGTH 4 cm Condition: Superb condition with minor associated surface wear. Provenance: Old Viennese private collection assembled within the same family over three generations. Although this artist shares the kanji with Sato Masayoshi, stylistically this netsuke is closer to the Ise-Yamada school and the carver is likely a pupil of Masanao or Masakazu (as noted by F. Meinertzhagen in MCI p. 487). The manner of the signature confirms this assumption.
By Masayoshi, signed Masayoshi 正義 Japan, Ise-Yamada, mid-19th century, Edo period (1615-1868) A rather rare and unusual subject depicting a carver at work on a Buddhist statue. The body of the statue is still in the rough, but the face is already very finely rendered. The character ‘kin’ 金 for ‘gold’ is found on the man’s back, thus identifying the statue as the Gold Jizo Bosatsu (Kin-osho). Himotoshi underneath and signed MASAYOSHI. LENGTH 4 cm Condition: Superb condition with minor associated surface wear. Provenance: Old Viennese private collection assembled within the same family over three generations. Although this artist shares the kanji with Sato Masayoshi, stylistically this netsuke is closer to the Ise-Yamada school and the carver is likely a pupil of Masanao or Masakazu (as noted by F. Meinertzhagen in MCI p. 487). The manner of the signature confirms this assumption.
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