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A SUPERB AND RARE RHINOCEROS HORN AND UMIMATSU (SEA PINE) NETSUKE OF A KUMOSUKE (ROAD PORTER)
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05月09日 晚上7点 开拍 / 05月07日 下午3点 截止委托
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A SUPERB AND RARE RHINOCEROS HORN AND UMIMATSU (SEA PINE) NETSUKE OF A KUMOSUKE (ROAD PORTER)

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Japan, late 18th century, Edo period (1615-1868)

The amused porter standing sheepishly with hands clasped to the back as he looks sideways, scantily clad in a short loincloth and shoes carved from rhinoceros horn, an impish expression on his face as he grins widely, nostrils flaring, and eyes gleaming. Generously excavated himotoshi to the back. The carving fully exploits the variegated purple-black umimatsu (black coral or sea pine) with pale lacquer striations, lightly polished to show the grain.

HEIGHT 7.2 cm

Condition: Very good condition with minor wear, the material with typical natural fissures and flaws. One chip to the foot.

The kumosuke were men from a rough background who carried daimyo inside a palanquin along the Tokaido road, which connected Edo (Tokyo) and Kyoto during the Tokugawa era. They had to be strong but also needed to know how to sing to entertain the feudal lords.

Umimatsu (lit. seapine) is a species of black coral with dense texture, concentric growth rings, and amber or reddish colored inclusions in the otherwise brown-black material. True coral is a hard calcareous substance secreted by marine polyps for habitation; umimatsu, on the other hand, is a colony of keratinous antipatharian marine organisms. As a material, it was considered risky for carvers as it was prone to crack, crumble, or chip. The combination here with rhinoceros horn, a most-precious material imported from China, is to be considered exceedingly rare.

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