Lot details By Doraku, signed Doraku 道乐 Japan, Osaka, mid-19th century, Edo period (1615-1868) Well carved and superbly stained as a smiling man clad only in a fundoshi, his naked back neatly incised with an ornate tattoo depicting floral and foliate designs, his body hair finely incised as well, the incision work heightened with sumi. He is holding up a stippled sake bottle, the label of which is found at the top of his head, inscribed Joshu Issho (one sho of high-grade sake) and with the sake maker’s logo possibly reading Yama Isseki within a square. The back and underside with himotoshi. Signed to one leg within a wavy reserve DORAKU. HEIGHT 4 cm Condition: Good condition with minor surface wear, minimal age cracks, a tiny nick to the edge of one himotoshi. A cup or other object appears to have been held in the man’s left hand but is now lost. Fine honey-yellow patina. Provenance: The Gabor Wilhelm Collection, Paris. Auction comparison: Compare to an ivory netsuke of two wrestling drunks by Doraku, sold at Zacke, Fine Netsuke & Sagemono, 16 April 2021, Vienna, lot 71 (sold for 11,376 EUR). Trade Certificate: In accordance with new EU regulations that went into effect in January 2022, we have applied for a certificate to sell this item within the EU. We expect the Austrian Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology to issue the certificate in 4-8 weeks. The item can only be shipped / handed over once the certificate has been issued.
Lot details By Doraku, signed Doraku 道乐 Japan, Osaka, mid-19th century, Edo period (1615-1868) Well carved and superbly stained as a smiling man clad only in a fundoshi, his naked back neatly incised with an ornate tattoo depicting floral and foliate designs, his body hair finely incised as well, the incision work heightened with sumi. He is holding up a stippled sake bottle, the label of which is found at the top of his head, inscribed Joshu Issho (one sho of high-grade sake) and with the sake maker’s logo possibly reading Yama Isseki within a square. The back and underside with himotoshi. Signed to one leg within a wavy reserve DORAKU. HEIGHT 4 cm Condition: Good condition with minor surface wear, minimal age cracks, a tiny nick to the edge of one himotoshi. A cup or other object appears to have been held in the man’s left hand but is now lost. Fine honey-yellow patina. Provenance: The Gabor Wilhelm Collection, Paris. Auction comparison: Compare to an ivory netsuke of two wrestling drunks by Doraku, sold at Zacke, Fine Netsuke & Sagemono, 16 April 2021, Vienna, lot 71 (sold for 11,376 EUR). Trade Certificate: In accordance with new EU regulations that went into effect in January 2022, we have applied for a certificate to sell this item within the EU. We expect the Austrian Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology to issue the certificate in 4-8 weeks. The item can only be shipped / handed over once the certificate has been issued.
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