The Katchen Collection of Netsuke – Part II

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Lot 326
  • 326

MASK OF JA BY SOSHICHI

Estimate
1,200 - 1,500 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • MASK OF JABY SOSHICHI
  • Signed Soshichi
  • Pottery
  • 5.4cm., 2 1/8 in.
The mask crisply moulded in unglazed pottery, bearing a fierce expression, a bar on the reverse forming the himotoshi.

Literature

For another mask bearing a similar signature, see George Lazarnick, Netsuke and Inro Artists and How To Read Their Signatures, p.1037.