A bamboo kiseruzutsu. Late 19th century - image-1
A bamboo kiseruzutsu. Late 19th century - image-2
A bamboo kiseruzutsu. Late 19th century - image-1A bamboo kiseruzutsu. Late 19th century - image-2

Lot 784 Dα

A bamboo kiseruzutsu. Late 19th century

Auction 1166 - overview Cologne
16.12.2020, 11:00 - Asian Art
Estimate: 2.600 € - 3.000 €

A bamboo kiseruzutsu. Late 19th century

Of warizutsu type, carved with Kintarô crushing a bear with a huge axe surrounded by clouds, the "Golden Boy" and the beast of ivory. Minor losses, the original signature tablet apparently replaced with a blank inlay.
Length 20.3 cm

Provenance

Collection Jacques Carré (1927-2015), Kapellen, Belgium, acquired at Kyoto Gallery, Brussels, 2009

Literature

Ilustrated in: Max Rutherston, Kitsuengu From Jacques Carré and others, London 2018, cat. no. 4