3rd Nov, 2023 13:00
Fine Netsuke & Sagemono
257
KYOKUSAI: A MASTERFUL SO SCHOOL WOOD NETSUKE OF FUGEN BOSATSU WITH ELEPHANT
Sold for €8,450
including Buyer's Premium
By Tsukamoto Kyokusai, signed Kyokusai 旭齋
Japan, Tokyo, late 19th to early 20th century
Exquisitely carved with remarkable detail, the large elephant of the bodhisattva seated next to the small standing figure. Fugen reading from a scroll wearing long, elaborately layered robes with billowing sleeves which drape from her arms, falling in elegant folds to the floor. The bodhisattva’s face is set with a serene expression with a central byakugo beneath an intricately carved tiara. The skin of the elephant is carved with naturalistic wrinkles, its trunk coiling towards its opened mouth with a charming expression, revealing the mastery of the artist. The himotoshi formed by the bodhisattva’s sleeve which flows underneath the elephant. The same sleeve forms the reserve for the artists signature, KYOKUSAI.
LENGTH 4.5 cm
Condition: Very good condition with only very minor wear and a microscopic chip to the very edge of one tusk.
Fugen Bosatsu (Samantabhadra) is the bodhisattva associated with the practice of Buddhist teaching and joins Manjushri, the lord of transcendent wisdom, in a trinity with Shakyamuni Buddha. The deity is known as ‘He whose bounty is omnipresent’ and represents the Buddhist Law and compassion. The bodhisattva is borne by a white elephant, symbolic of the strength achieved through the practice of Buddhism.
Literature comparison:
Compare a closely related wood netsuke of Monju Bosatsu seated on his lion, signed Kyokusai, carved with similar billowing sleeves, illustrated in Jonas, F.M. (1928) Netsuke, p. 65, no. 53. Compare a related wood netsuke of Gama Sennin, signed Kyokusai, who reads from a scroll in the same manner of Fugen, illustrated in Meinertzhagen, Frederick / Lazarnick, George (1986) MCI, Part A, p. 402.
Auction comparison:
Compare an ivory netsuke of a cherry blossom by the same artist, signed Kyokusai, at Quinn’s Auction Galleries, The Helen and Jack Mang Collection of Netsuke, 7 December 2012, Falls Church, lot 170 (sold for USD 21,060).
By Tsukamoto Kyokusai, signed Kyokusai 旭齋
Japan, Tokyo, late 19th to early 20th century
Exquisitely carved with remarkable detail, the large elephant of the bodhisattva seated next to the small standing figure. Fugen reading from a scroll wearing long, elaborately layered robes with billowing sleeves which drape from her arms, falling in elegant folds to the floor. The bodhisattva’s face is set with a serene expression with a central byakugo beneath an intricately carved tiara. The skin of the elephant is carved with naturalistic wrinkles, its trunk coiling towards its opened mouth with a charming expression, revealing the mastery of the artist. The himotoshi formed by the bodhisattva’s sleeve which flows underneath the elephant. The same sleeve forms the reserve for the artists signature, KYOKUSAI.
LENGTH 4.5 cm
Condition: Very good condition with only very minor wear and a microscopic chip to the very edge of one tusk.
Fugen Bosatsu (Samantabhadra) is the bodhisattva associated with the practice of Buddhist teaching and joins Manjushri, the lord of transcendent wisdom, in a trinity with Shakyamuni Buddha. The deity is known as ‘He whose bounty is omnipresent’ and represents the Buddhist Law and compassion. The bodhisattva is borne by a white elephant, symbolic of the strength achieved through the practice of Buddhism.
Literature comparison:
Compare a closely related wood netsuke of Monju Bosatsu seated on his lion, signed Kyokusai, carved with similar billowing sleeves, illustrated in Jonas, F.M. (1928) Netsuke, p. 65, no. 53. Compare a related wood netsuke of Gama Sennin, signed Kyokusai, who reads from a scroll in the same manner of Fugen, illustrated in Meinertzhagen, Frederick / Lazarnick, George (1986) MCI, Part A, p. 402.
Auction comparison:
Compare an ivory netsuke of a cherry blossom by the same artist, signed Kyokusai, at Quinn’s Auction Galleries, The Helen and Jack Mang Collection of Netsuke, 7 December 2012, Falls Church, lot 170 (sold for USD 21,060).
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