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A boxwood mask netsuke of an oni Style of Kokeisai Sansho, late 19th/early 20th century image 1
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Lot 88

A boxwood mask netsuke of an oni
Style of Kokeisai Sansho, late 19th/early 20th century

7 November 2013, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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A boxwood mask netsuke of an oni

Style of Kokeisai Sansho, late 19th/early 20th century
Shown with a scowling expression, crisply carved in the pale, lightly stained wood, signed later on the bar himotoshi with a kao.
4.2cm (1 5/8in).

Footnotes

The work shows strong affinities with that of Kokeisai Sansho (1871-1936), who lived in Osaka and whose life and work are discussed by Boris Filatov in the International Netsuke Society Journal, vol.32, no.1, spring 2012. The style is that shown in the masks illustrated in the article, nos.14 and 15, although the kao on the present example does not appear to be recorded.

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