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Ɏ GYOKUSAI: A RARE IVORY NETSUKE OF THE MONKEY KING SONGOKU
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2023年04月28日 开拍 / 2023年04月26日 截止委托
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? GYOKUSAI: A RARE IVORY NETSUKE OF THE MONKEY KING SONGOKU
By Gyokusai, signed Gyokusai 玉哉
Japan, Tokyo, c. 1880

Finely carved in a dynamic pose, standing on one foot atop his cloud with the other leg raised, which along with his billowing sleeve indicates rapid movement, wearing neatly incised patterned robes and armor, holding his sacred baton, staring into the distance and shielding his eyes from the wind and sun, his eyes inlaid with dark wood. Several natural himotoshi due to the openwork.

HEIGHT 4.6 cm

Condition: Very good condition, minor wear, the upper back with a plugged nerve channel and associated minor age crack.
Provenance: Galerie Yamato, Paris, April 2003. French private collection, acquired from the above.

The monkey king Songoku is rarely seen in netsuke art and is derived from the 16th-century Chinese classic Journey to the West, where he is known as Sun Wukong. He became a popular character in Japan when the novel was translated and published during the Edo period. Songoku was one of three servants of the holy monk Sanzo Hoshi (Xuanzang), the others being a boar and a demon. His patron having to prove his saintliness by performing 108 different acts, Songoku helped him by plucking 107 of his hairs and blowing on them to create the same number of doubles of his master, leaving each to carry out one saintly act. The band around his head is what bound him to obey his monastic master. The cloud he is seen standing on in this netsuke can instantly transport him over great distances.

Literature comparison:
Compare a closely related ivory netsuke of Songoku by Gyokusai, illustrated in Ueda, Reikichi (1934) Netsuke for Taste (Shumi no Netsuke), and in Meinertzhagen, Frederick / Lazarnick, George (1986) MCI, Part A, p. 102.

Auction comparison:
Compare a closely related ivory netsuke of Songoku by Gyokusai, formerly in the collection of Baron Van Zuylen, at Christie’s, 21 November 1977, London, lot 86 (illustrated on plate 6). Also compare to a marine tooth netsuke of Songoku at Zacke, Fine Netsuke & Sagemono, 22 April 2022, Vienna, lot 315 (sold for 2,781 EUR).

This item contains ivory, rhinoceros horn, tortoise shell, and/or some types of tropical wood and is subject to CITES when exporting outside the EU. It is typically not possible to export such items outside of the EU, including to the UK. Therefore, after this item has the necessary trade certificate, it can only be shipped within the EU or picked up in our gallery in person.

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