A stained ivory manju nestuke
By Keiun (Omura Minosuke, b. 1912)
The cloud-pattern exterior with the upper section surmounted by the Daoist sage Kume Sennin peering into the interior which opens to reveal a nude beauty washing clothes in a landscape, signed Keiun, the details heightened with dark stain.
1 5/8in (4.2cm) long
The cloud-pattern exterior with the upper section surmounted by the Daoist sage Kume Sennin peering into the interior which opens to reveal a nude beauty washing clothes in a landscape, signed Keiun, the details heightened with dark stain.
1 5/8in (4.2cm) long
Sold for
US$ 1,062
inc. premium
Footnotes
- For a very similar netsuke of 'Peeping-Tom Sennin' by Keiun see Miriam Kinsey, Contemporary Netsuke (Rutland, Vermont and Tokyo, 1977), p. 78, fig. 56.
Lot heading
Japanese Netsuke Okimono
Property from Various Owners
Property from Various Owners
Category: Asian Art
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