LOT 140 SHUNSAI: A FINE INLAID WOOD NETSUKE OF A CARPENTER…
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SHUNSAI: A FINE INLAID WOOD NETSUKE OF A CARPENTER By Shunsai, signed Shunsai Japan, late 19th century, Meiji period (1868-1912) Very finely carved as a carpenter balancing on a log, supported by another log on the underside, and cutting through the wood with a saw. The texture of the wood is achieved naturalistically, the saw is inlaid in tortoiseshell, and the man wears a sagemono set tied to his obi, inlaid in coral and mother-of-pearl. The underside with a singular himotoshi ringed in ivory and the signature SHUNSAI 春齋 within a rectangular ivory inlaid cartouche. HEIGHT 3.5 cm, LENGTH 3.4 cm Condition: Excellent condition. Provenance: European collection. Literature comparison: A very similar netsuke is shown in Lazarnick, George (1982) Netsuke & Inro Artists, and How to Read Their Signatures, Vol. 2, p. 1000.
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