Sold for €4,940
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By Tetsugendo Kyusai (1879-1938), signed Kyusai 汲哉 kore-o horu 彫之
Japan, Osaka, c. 1930
The large netsuke carved from pale wood, beautifully stained and polished, showing the undulations of three large beans within, further masterfully carved with bulging veins giving the appearance that the beans are bursting out of the surface – In fact, the side shows a split to the pod, a solemn bean shown within, all details very finely carved. The looped stalk at the top forms the cord attachment. Signed KYUSAI kore-o-horu [carved by Kyusai].
LENGTH 13 cm
Condition: Excellent condition.
Provenance: Ex-collection Raymond and Frances Bushell. Sold at Christie's, The Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection of Netsuke. Part II, 18 October 1988, London, lot 52. Bonhams, Fine Japanese Art, 11 May 2010, London, lot 207 (sold for GBP 6,000).
Kyusai was born in Osaka on 29 March 1879. His real name was Hirai Shin and he learned carving from his father Hansen. He presented an incense case in the shape of a mokugyo to Prince Songaku Konoe. He was requested by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry to enter the International Exhibition held at Paris in 1895 where he won a bronze prize for a bamboo flower vase titled “Goddess of Peace”. He died on 30 March 1938, at the age of 60 and is buried at the Hakugo-ji in Nara. He is widely regarded as one of the great netsuke carvers of the 20th century.
Auction comparison:
Compare a closely related wood netsuke of a group of beans by the same artist, signed Kyusai, at Bonhams, Fine Japanese Works of Art, 20 March 2012, New York, lot 2177 (sold for USD 8,125).
By Tetsugendo Kyusai (1879-1938), signed Kyusai 汲哉 kore-o horu 彫之
Japan, Osaka, c. 1930
The large netsuke carved from pale wood, beautifully stained and polished, showing the undulations of three large beans within, further masterfully carved with bulging veins giving the appearance that the beans are bursting out of the surface – In fact, the side shows a split to the pod, a solemn bean shown within, all details very finely carved. The looped stalk at the top forms the cord attachment. Signed KYUSAI kore-o-horu [carved by Kyusai].
LENGTH 13 cm
Condition: Excellent condition.
Provenance: Ex-collection Raymond and Frances Bushell. Sold at Christie's, The Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection of Netsuke. Part II, 18 October 1988, London, lot 52. Bonhams, Fine Japanese Art, 11 May 2010, London, lot 207 (sold for GBP 6,000).
Kyusai was born in Osaka on 29 March 1879. His real name was Hirai Shin and he learned carving from his father Hansen. He presented an incense case in the shape of a mokugyo to Prince Songaku Konoe. He was requested by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry to enter the International Exhibition held at Paris in 1895 where he won a bronze prize for a bamboo flower vase titled “Goddess of Peace”. He died on 30 March 1938, at the age of 60 and is buried at the Hakugo-ji in Nara. He is widely regarded as one of the great netsuke carvers of the 20th century.
Auction comparison:
Compare a closely related wood netsuke of a group of beans by the same artist, signed Kyusai, at Bonhams, Fine Japanese Works of Art, 20 March 2012, New York, lot 2177 (sold for USD 8,125).
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