NETSUKE: POWERFUL SH訩I.
Japan. Edo period. Late 19th c.

Ivory. Powerful Sh鬹i in a long; belted robe with a sort of breastplate made of tiger skin; holding a ken in his outward-turned right hand protruding from a wide; billowing sleeve. His sheath hangs diagonally across his back; while the Oni he is hunting crouches confidently on the back of his wide collar; leaning onto Sh鬹i磗 flat hat; thoughtfully scratching his short right horn. Sh鬹i is wearing fur boots under his finely carved robe engraved with a cloud pattern with black details. Signed on a large; oval reserve: Yoshinaga (Yoshinaga Koyoken; mentioned in the Soken Kisho; according to MCI p. 988/9 active ca. 1740-80). H.8.8cm. Condition A.

Provenance:
-Brockhaus Collection; no. 249; illustrated in full color plate 38; p. 282 in his book "Netsuke".
-Ky魌o and T鬹y?2010; Celebrating the 150th Anniversary of Friendship between Germany and Japan; catalogue p. 55.

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