Live Auction 13127Art of Japan
A Large Wood Netsuke of Shoki and an Oni
Lot 8 The Tony & Johanna Oey Collection of Netsuke

A Large Wood Netsuke of Shoki and an Oni

Edo period (late 18th - early 19th century)

Closed8 December 2016

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A Large Wood Netsuke of Shoki and an Oni
Edo period (late 18th - early 19th century)
The large model of Shoki the Demon Queller holding his sword and with a fierce expression, his left hand reaching up to catch an oni by the hand which has mischievously climbed onto his broad-rimmed hat, the oni’s horns inlaid with pale cow horn
11.4 cm. high

Specialist note

For another large wood study of the same subject in the M. T. Hindson Collection, see Neil K. Davey, Netsuke: A Comprehensive Study Based on the M. T. Hindson Collection, (London, 1982), no. 1177, p. 395