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? AN IMPRESSIVE AND LARGE ANTLER SEAL NETSUKE OF AN ELEPHANT

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

Published: Sydney Moss Ltd. (2016) Kokusai The Genius: and Stag-antler Carving in Japan, vol. I, p. 192-193, no. 51.

Boldy carved, standing foursquare on a thick oval seal base, the majestic head lowered with the trunk hanging pendant, the tail flicked to one side, and the stout legs incised with carved grooves imitating creased folds of the skin. Central himotoshi through the seal face.

The seal face crisply carved in sunken relief with the seal character Seiju koshu [Star Longevity Prospers One’s Clan]; but other readings are more than plausible. One more interpretation might be ‘seiju’, the name for one of the ninety intersection points on a go board, and thus an auspicious nomenclature of a 90-year-old. An elephant-knop seal would be highly appropriate for the use of a nonagenarian.

HEIGHT 4.8 cm, LENGTH 5 cm

Condition: Very good condition with minor wear and typical natural flaws to the material.
Provenance: June Schuerch Collection, Santa Barbara, California.

Elephants were occasionally sent to Japan as diplomatic gifts, the most renowned being the Kyoho elephants, which were received in 1728, and had a considerable influence on artists and craftsmen thereafter. The final known instance of such a gift occurred in 1813, when the British under Sir Stamford Raffles sent an elephant to Japan in a bid to foster trade relations. Unfortunately, this diplomatic gesture was ultimately unsuccessful; the elephant was returned, and the opportunity to open trade was not realized. Ota Nanpo (1749-1823) a shogunal official, poet and writer wrote:

First visit in Oei
By Kyoho we're on good terms
Bu the third time they come, we have to send them back
These newfangled elephants



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