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Lot 142*,Y
A fine ivory netsuke of a recumbent goat By Kaigyokusai Masatsugu (1813-1892), Osaka, mid 19th century
8 November 2011, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £23,750 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA fine ivory netsuke of a recumbent goat
By Kaigyokusai Masatsugu (1813-1892), Osaka, mid 19th century
Lying with its head turned down to the left, its horns pressed back and its legs drawn in beneath, forming a compact composition in fine, unstained ivory, the eyes of amber with dark horn pupils, signed in a rectangular reserve Kaigyokusai. 4.2cm (1 5/8in).
Lying with its head turned down to the left, its horns pressed back and its legs drawn in beneath, forming a compact composition in fine, unstained ivory, the eyes of amber with dark horn pupils, signed in a rectangular reserve Kaigyokusai. 4.2cm (1 5/8in).
Footnotes
象牙彫根付 山羊 銘「懐玉斎」 19世紀中期
Published: Rosemary Bandini, ibid., p.77, no.105.
For a similar example, see Victor Harris, Netsuke, The Hull Grundy collection in the British Museum, p.59, no.256.
Another example, signed Kaigyokudo is illustrated in Netsuke, the Catalogue of the Exhibition celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Nihon Netsuke Kenkyukai, 1995, p.71, no.77.
The work, similar in style to the study of a monkey and child (lot 151), is carved in the manner adopted by Kaigyokusai in his later years.
























