AN UNUSUALLY LARGE FIGURE OF SHOKI ATTRIBUTED TO HIDEMASA, 19TH CENTURY

Estimate

3,000 - 4,000 GBP

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Description

13.3cm., 5 1/4 in.

the demon queller standing, bearing a fierce expression as he holds a struggling oni with one hand and his broad sword with the other, his robe is engraved with scattered clouds and the eyes are inlaid, signed Hidemasa

Provenance

Robert and Shirlee Guggenheim collection

Exhibited

Barry Davies Oriental Art, Netsuke Classics, no.46
Eskenazi, Ltd., June 1998, no.18

Literature

INCS Journal, 1982, vol.9, no.4, p.32
George Lazarnick, Netsuke and Inro Artists and How To Read Their Signatures, p.1325