Lot details By Shugasai Toyokazu, signed Toyokazu 豊一 Japan, Sasayama, Tanba province, mid-19th century, Edo period (1615-1868) Published: Sagemonoya (2009), The 2009 New York Sans Ivoire Netsuke & Sagemono Selection, p. 41, no. 102. Very finely carved and warmly stained, depicting a seated monkey (saru) mischievously guarding a suggestively carved peach with one hand, the other scratching his back. The simian’s glaring eyes are inlaid in pale and dark horn and the hairwork is neatly engraved. Good, asymmetrical himotoshi through the underside and back. Signed within a typical oval reserve in cleanly cut characters TOYOKAZU. HEIGHT 3.3 cm Condition: Very good condition, minor wear, a tiny dent to the very edge of one foot. Provenance: French private collection, purchased from Sagemonoya, Tokyo, in 2009. Shugasai Toyokazu is widely regarded as the most accomplished pupil of Naito Toyomasa (1773-1856). Literature comparison: A very similar netsuke by Toyokazu is illustrated in Ducros, Alain (1994) Netsuke & Sagemono, p. 88. Auction comparison: For a related wood netsuke by Toyomasa of three monkeys fighting over a peach see Bonhams, The Harriet Szechenyi Sale of Japanese Art, 8 November 2011, London, lot 155 (sold for 85,250 GBP). Another related wood netsuke by Toyomasa of two monkeys fighting over a peach was sold at Tessier Sarrou, Arts D’ Asie, 13 December 2021, Paris, lot 60 (sold for 160,000 EUR).
Lot details By Shugasai Toyokazu, signed Toyokazu 豊一 Japan, Sasayama, Tanba province, mid-19th century, Edo period (1615-1868) Published: Sagemonoya (2009), The 2009 New York Sans Ivoire Netsuke & Sagemono Selection, p. 41, no. 102. Very finely carved and warmly stained, depicting a seated monkey (saru) mischievously guarding a suggestively carved peach with one hand, the other scratching his back. The simian’s glaring eyes are inlaid in pale and dark horn and the hairwork is neatly engraved. Good, asymmetrical himotoshi through the underside and back. Signed within a typical oval reserve in cleanly cut characters TOYOKAZU. HEIGHT 3.3 cm Condition: Very good condition, minor wear, a tiny dent to the very edge of one foot. Provenance: French private collection, purchased from Sagemonoya, Tokyo, in 2009. Shugasai Toyokazu is widely regarded as the most accomplished pupil of Naito Toyomasa (1773-1856). Literature comparison: A very similar netsuke by Toyokazu is illustrated in Ducros, Alain (1994) Netsuke & Sagemono, p. 88. Auction comparison: For a related wood netsuke by Toyomasa of three monkeys fighting over a peach see Bonhams, The Harriet Szechenyi Sale of Japanese Art, 8 November 2011, London, lot 155 (sold for 85,250 GBP). Another related wood netsuke by Toyomasa of two monkeys fighting over a peach was sold at Tessier Sarrou, Arts D’ Asie, 13 December 2021, Paris, lot 60 (sold for 160,000 EUR).
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