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Catalogue: Antiques (37)

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Netsuke, 19th C., Tekkai Sennin blows his soul to parad Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Netsuke and Related: Pre 1900 item# 447298 (stock# net-3)
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Height 5,3 cm. Tekkai Sennin has been reputed to be direct pupil of Lao Tse. The legend is that he was a good looking and brilliant man and that, due to his taoists studies, he reached impressive results. His most important power was the ability to separate his soul from his body; but this ability had been the cause of his ruin. The tale is that he went to paradise to visit his master Lao Tse but stayed away from his body for too long so that one of his pupils, believing he was dead, decided to ...click for details

An Ito school Iron tsuba. 17th C. Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Swords and Related: Pre 1700 item# 447297 (stock# ts-2)
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Diameter: 7 cm. Sigend: Karatsu ju Masatsugu. Masatsugu is known as the founder of Ito school craftsman with a strong connection to Masanaga. Some works from the Enkyo period (1744-1748) are signed giving his age as 71 years old. He is classified as Koshu, a skillful workman. Masatsugu worked during the second half of the XVII century for the Okubo family of the Odawara han, in Sagami province, specializing in fine line piercing in tsuba of iron and shakudo. The Okubo family were daimyo of ...click for details

Incense box (kogo). Edo period, 19th C. Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Lacquer: Pre 1900 item# 447296 (stock# lac-2)
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Circular in shape with flushfitting lid. Nashiji ground (black lacquer sprinkled with gold dust) decorated with maple leaves in polychrome hiramaki-e. Nashiji interior and silver rims. Diameter: 7 cm. Provenhance: with Eskenazi, London

Wood netsuke. A fox dressed like a zen monk. Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Netsuke and Related: Pre 1900 item# 447295 (stock# net-5)
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Height 3,4 cm. Signature: Masakazu. "Fox zen " means "phoney teacher": It became apparent from the beginnings of the Buddhist tradition that there always were people who would try to fake their wisdom, hiding behind unclear teaching, so typical also of the real zen. In China, such fakers were derided as fox Zen ractitioners. This expression ('fox Zen') originated from the famous "Hyakujo's Fox" koan, in which a master had been punished for his bad tea ...click for details

A Shoami tsuba Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Swords and Related: Pre 1700 item# 447293 (stock# ts-1)
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Diameter: 8,5 cm Sigend: Iyo (no) ju Shoami. Provenhance: W.W. Winkworth collection, Carlo Monzino collection, Alan L. Harvie collection. Iron tsuba carved and pierced in a bold manner with a ageha (butterfly) kamon from the daimyo family Ikeda; the wing patterns partly inlaid in brass. The elegant design and the extreme quality of this tsuba suggest that probably it had been commissioned by a member of the Ikeda faimily at the beginning of Edo period. At the Battle of Sekigahara Ikeda Terum ...click for details

Netsuke, 19th C., A group of eight masks Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Netsuke and Related: Pre 1900 item# 447289 (stock# net-2)
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Height 3,8 cm. Signature: Tadachika. Masks are probably the most antique subject matter for netsukes, as they were carved by the same artisans who were producing masks for theatre plays. Producing groups of masks brings to a miniaturization of the models, so that the ability of the netsukeshi consists in carving the exact details of each face and make all of them recognizable. Masks of this netsuke derive from vaious kind of theatre: there are two Onis, Ayakashi (?) and Kitsune on upper side and ...click for details

Netsuke. Kyoto school, XIX century. Shishi with tama Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Netsuke and Related: Pre 1900 item# 447287 (stock# net-1)
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Height 3,8 cm. Signature: Masatomo. Powerful netsuke with the figure of Shishi, crouch to defend a large tama, the buddhist jewel; another tama is carved inside the mouth, free to move. The mithical beast - an animal between a lion and a dog - is represented here with the open mouth in order to frighten the demons, showing a long line of threatening sharp teeth. The surface has been carved in the traditional Kyoto school manner, alternating smooth areas to scratched zones to imitate the lion ha ...click for details

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