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Ɏ CHOKUSAI: A FINE IVORY NETSUKE OF A WASP IN A GOURD By Miyagi Chokusai (born 1877), signed Chokusai 直齋 with kakihan Japan, Tokyo, Meiji period (1868-1912) A pleasingly tactile and compact ivory netsuke of a large gourd attached to a twisting stem, the front hollowed out to house a red-stained wasp eating through the gourd’s flesh. The back with two himotoshi next to a segment of curling vine and the neatly engraved signature CHOKUSAI and kakihan. The ivory is superbly polished and cleverly stained throughout. HEIGHT 4.5 cm Condition: Excellent condition. Davey writes on Miyagi Chokusai, “a fine artist whose work is rarely encountered. It is invariably of ivory, stained and with intricate details”. Literature comparison: Fuld’s Netsuke and Ojime Index records only one further netsuke with a wasp. Compare a related ivory netsuke of a chestnut with a monkey and two wasps, by Chokusai, illustrated in Coullery, Marie-Therese / Newstead, Martin S. (1977) The Baur Collection, p. 293, no. C 881. Trade Certificate: The trade certificate for the sale of this lot within the EU has been granted (permit number AT 24-B-0244). 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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