Lot Essay
For Kaigyokusai Masatsugu, see lot 75.
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SIGNED KAIGYOKUSAI MASATSUGU (OSAKA, 1813-92), EDO/MEIJI PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
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AN IVORY NETSUKE
Signed Kaigyokusai Masatsugu (Osaka, 1813-92), Edo/Meiji Period (19th Century)
Of a monkey grooming one of her young while another baby scrambles on her back and pulls its sibling's tail, katabori, ivory, the eyes inlaid in horn with darker horn pupils; signed in a polished rectangular reserve on the back Kaigyokusai with a seal Masatsugu, slightly worn
1in. (3.7cm.) high
Signed Kaigyokusai Masatsugu (Osaka, 1813-92), Edo/Meiji Period (19th Century)
Of a monkey grooming one of her young while another baby scrambles on her back and pulls its sibling's tail, katabori, ivory, the eyes inlaid in horn with darker horn pupils; signed in a polished rectangular reserve on the back Kaigyokusai with a seal Masatsugu, slightly worn
1in. (3.7cm.) high
Provenance
Segal Collection