A bamboo kiseruzutsu. Around 1900 - image-1
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Lot 782 Dα

A bamboo kiseruzutsu. Around 1900

Auction 1166 - overview Cologne
16.12.2020, 11:00 - Asian Art
Estimate: 1.000 € - 1.200 €
Result: 1.000 € (incl. premium)
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A bamboo kiseruzutsu. Around 1900

Of musozutsu type. Lacquered dark brown, carved with Gama Sennin holding up his toad, a negative image revealing the underlying bamboo, the ends chamfered to form facets. The rim lined with shakudo. Signed Yozan and sealed.
Length 21 cm

The design is derived from a small illustration in “Hokusai Manga”, vol. 3 (1815), p. 13b

Provenance

Barry Davies Oriental Art, London
Collection Edward Wrangham (1928-2009), Northumberland (collection no. 2037), acquired afrom above dealer in 1991 and sold at Bonhams, London, 10.11.2015, lot 62

Literature

Illustrated in: Max Rutherston, Kitsuengu From Jacques Carré and others, London 2018, cat. no. 29