3rd Nov, 2023 13:00
Fine Netsuke & Sagemono
231
AN AMUSING WOOD NETSUKE OF TWO FIGHTING BLIND MEN AND A HOUND
Sold for €3,640
including Buyer's Premium
By Taketomo, signed Taketomo 竹友
Japan, mid-19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)
The two blind men in a tussle, hands grabbing each other as they push to move forward, the pommel of the staff knocking against the chin of one man as the other attempts to ward off an attacking European hound with ribs detailed. Clad in voluminous robes with billowing sleeves, the waist with a sagemono set tied to his obi, the tobacco pouch with a copper inlaid kanamono. The frowning faces detailed with squinting eyes looking up to the sky, one man with his mouth agape with a bulbous boil to his forehead. The back with generously excavated himotoshi and the neatly engraved signature TAKETOMO - the artist appears to be unrecorded but from the style it is likely that he belongs to the Hida-Takayama school.
HEIGHT 5 cm
Condition: Good condition with minor wear and traces of use. Tiny chip to one foot and a loss to the edge of the staff.
Provenance: Ex-collection Guy de Lasteyrie, previously acquired by his grandmother, and thence by descent. De Lasteyrie is a member of the Lasteyrie du Saillant family and is considered among the leading French collectors of netsuke.
Museum comparison:
A related wood netsuke of a blind man with stone in clog, by Suganoya Shoko, dated to the mid-19th century, from the Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, is in the collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, accession number M.91.250.160.
Auction comparison:
Compare a related wood netsuke of a blind man and a puppy by Shoko at Zacke, Fine Netsuke & Sagemono, 28th April 2023, Vienna, lot 183 (sold for EUR 3,900).
By Taketomo, signed Taketomo 竹友
Japan, mid-19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)
The two blind men in a tussle, hands grabbing each other as they push to move forward, the pommel of the staff knocking against the chin of one man as the other attempts to ward off an attacking European hound with ribs detailed. Clad in voluminous robes with billowing sleeves, the waist with a sagemono set tied to his obi, the tobacco pouch with a copper inlaid kanamono. The frowning faces detailed with squinting eyes looking up to the sky, one man with his mouth agape with a bulbous boil to his forehead. The back with generously excavated himotoshi and the neatly engraved signature TAKETOMO - the artist appears to be unrecorded but from the style it is likely that he belongs to the Hida-Takayama school.
HEIGHT 5 cm
Condition: Good condition with minor wear and traces of use. Tiny chip to one foot and a loss to the edge of the staff.
Provenance: Ex-collection Guy de Lasteyrie, previously acquired by his grandmother, and thence by descent. De Lasteyrie is a member of the Lasteyrie du Saillant family and is considered among the leading French collectors of netsuke.
Museum comparison:
A related wood netsuke of a blind man with stone in clog, by Suganoya Shoko, dated to the mid-19th century, from the Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, is in the collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, accession number M.91.250.160.
Auction comparison:
Compare a related wood netsuke of a blind man and a puppy by Shoko at Zacke, Fine Netsuke & Sagemono, 28th April 2023, Vienna, lot 183 (sold for EUR 3,900).
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