Attributed to Ishikawa Rensai, unsigned Japan, Tokyo, Asakusa, second half of 19th century The front elaborately worked in sukashi-bori (openwork) depicting the three friends of winter or shochikubai, the design showing overlapping bamboo (take) and pine (matsu) leaves, framed by a ‘cloud-ribbon’ outline of a five-petaled plum (ume) blossom. The reverse shows two further outlines of a plum blossom, the central one ingeniously forming the himotoshi. The stag antler of a very appealing color. LENGTH 4.4 cm Condition: Excellent condition with natural age cracks. Provenance: British private collection. Literature comparison: Compare with a very similar ryusa netsuke attributed to Rensai in Sydney Moss Ltd. (2016) Kokusai The Genius: and Stag-antler Carving in Japan, Part 3, pp. 72-73, no. 372.
Attributed to Ishikawa Rensai, unsigned Japan, Tokyo, Asakusa, second half of 19th century The front elaborately worked in sukashi-bori (openwork) depicting the three friends of winter or shochikubai, the design showing overlapping bamboo (take) and pine (matsu) leaves, framed by a ‘cloud-ribbon’ outline of a five-petaled plum (ume) blossom. The reverse shows two further outlines of a plum blossom, the central one ingeniously forming the himotoshi. The stag antler of a very appealing color. LENGTH 4.4 cm Condition: Excellent condition with natural age cracks. Provenance: British private collection. Literature comparison: Compare with a very similar ryusa netsuke attributed to Rensai in Sydney Moss Ltd. (2016) Kokusai The Genius: and Stag-antler Carving in Japan, Part 3, pp. 72-73, no. 372.
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