A walrus tusk kiseruzutsu. Late 19th century - image-1

Lot 778a D‡α

A walrus tusk kiseruzutsu. Late 19th century

Auction 1166 - overview Cologne
16.12.2020, 11:00 - Asian Art
Estimate: 3.500 € - 4.000 €
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A walrus tusk kiseruzutsu. Late 19th century

Of musôzutsu type, carved in fine relief with the old man Jo with a rake standing underneath a pine tree, a branch of which forms the himotôshi and a flying crane applied in gilt metal, on the reverse a broom behind the trunk alluding to Uba. Signed Chômin and sealed Yoshi.
Length 20.8 cm

Provenance

Glendining's, London, 14.5.1952, lot 602
Collection Jacques Carré (1927-2015), Kapellen, Belgium, acquired at Rutherston & Bandini Ltd., London, 2013

Literature

Ilustrated. in: Max Rutherston, Kitsuengu From Jacques Carré and others, London 2018, cat. no. 7