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A rare ivory netsuke of a mythological figure on a dragon-tortoise. 18th century
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A foreign-looking fisherman with shoulder-length curly hair stands on the carapace of a mythical creature with a dragon's head, holding on to its disproportionately long horn. With his right hand, he holds a net draped around his shoulders and two large fish with a rope threaded through their mouths. Very good, shiny natural patina. While Henri Joly still believed in 1908 that this netsuke depicted the immortal Koan (aka Roko), he cast doubt on his original identification of this figure in the 1913 Behrens auction catalogue. He now referred to an episode in the Kojiki in which Hikohohodemi spotted a fisherman on a turtle in the strait between Kyūshū and Honshū. The Kojiki (Records of Ancient Matters, ca. 712) describes the following event in chapter 44: When the clan of Hikohohodemi, better known by his later name Jimmu Tenno, the mythological first Japanese emperor, moved eastward from Hyūga on the island of Kyūshu, he arrived with his fleet at the Hayasui Strait (better known today as Hōyō). Here, Hikohohodemi saw a person fishing from the back of a turtle. He asked his name, and the man replied that he was a local ‘earthly kami’ (kunitsukami) with extensive knowledge of the sea routes and agreed to serve the clan. Using a pole or oar that Hikohohodemi held out to him, the kami was pulled onto the boat, which is why he was given the name Saonetsuhiko (‘pole root man’). The clan moved on, defeated the ruler of Yamato, and Hikohohodemi founded his empire, presumably in 660 BC. Saonetsuhiko, for his part, became the progenitor of the provincial governors and the Atai clan in Yamato Province. While the attributes of the fisherman and the turtle are clear references to this kami, the carver has evidently taken the liberty of transforming the pole or oar used to pull Saonetsuhiko into the boat into a long dragon horn. This lot contains materials which require a CITES licence for export outside of the EU contract countries. We would like to inform you that such licenses are usually not granted.

Dimensions

Height 9 cm

Literature

Illustrated in: Henri L. Joly, Legends in Japanese Art (first published 1908), Reprint London, p. 285

Provenance

Collection W. L. Behrens (1861–1913), Manchester, England, sold at Glendining, London, 13.12.1913 (H. L. Joly, W. L. Behrens Collection, Part I, Netsuke, Reprint New York 1966, no. 768, plate XIV) Collection Albert Brockhaus (1855–1921), Leipzig, acquired in 1913 at the above auction; Brockhaus index card no. 2222; sold at Klefisch, Cologne, 12.9.1992, lot 313 Collection Frank Lapisch (1934-2002) acquired at the above auction

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