MITSUTOSHI: AN IVORY NETSUKE OF RAIJIN
By Mitsutoshi, signed Mitsutoshi 光利
Japan, late 18th to early 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)
The oni-like deity depicted banging on his horn-studded drum with a mallet to create thunder. Raijin leans on a large bag of wind, suggestive of his counterpart Futen. Rich honey patina to the back. Signed underneath MITSUTOSHI.
LENGTH 4 cm
Condition: Good condition with a very appealing, natural patina. Age cracks. One of the mallets possibly with an old, worn down loss.
Provenance: Austrian private collection, with old label reading ‘133, voc, By Toshimitsu’.
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By Mitsutoshi, signed Mitsutoshi 光利
Japan, late 18th to early 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)
The oni-like deity depicted banging on his horn-studded drum with a mallet to create thunder. Raijin leans on a large bag of wind, suggestive of his counterpart Futen. Rich honey patina to the back. Signed underneath MITSUTOSHI.
LENGTH 4 cm
Condition: Good condition with a very appealing, natural patina. Age cracks. One of the mallets possibly with an old, worn down loss.
Provenance: Austrian private collection, with old label reading ‘133, voc, By Toshimitsu’.
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By Mitsutoshi, signed Mitsutoshi 光利
Japan, late 18th to early 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)
The oni-like deity depicted banging on his horn-studded drum with a mallet to create thunder. Raijin leans on a large bag of wind, suggestive of his counterpart Futen. Rich honey patina to the back. Signed underneath MITSUTOSHI.
LENGTH 4 cm
Condition: Good condition with a very appealing, natural patina. Age cracks. One of the mallets possibly with an old, worn down loss.
Provenance: Austrian private collection, with old label reading ‘133, voc, By Toshimitsu’.
Lot details
By Mitsutoshi, signed Mitsutoshi 光利
Japan, late 18th to early 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)
The oni-like deity depicted banging on his horn-studded drum with a mallet to create thunder. Raijin leans on a large bag of wind, suggestive of his counterpart Futen. Rich honey patina to the back. Signed underneath MITSUTOSHI.
LENGTH 4 cm
Condition: Good condition with a very appealing, natural patina. Age cracks. One of the mallets possibly with an old, worn down loss.
Provenance: Austrian private collection, with old label reading ‘133, voc, By Toshimitsu’.
