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An Ivory and Wood Netsuke of Jesus Disguised as Buddha
Lot 12 The Tony & Johanna Oey Collection of Netsuke

An Ivory and Wood Netsuke of Jesus Disguised as Buddha

Signed on a silver tablet Hoshu (Yasuhide) and with kakihan on a gilt tablet, Meiji period (late 19th - early 20th century)

Closed8 December 2016

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An Ivory and Wood Netsuke of Jesus Disguised as Buddha
Signed on a silver tablet Hoshu (Yasuhide) and with kakihan on a gilt tablet, Meiji period (late 19th - early 20th century)
The standing figure of Jesus, hair and beard rendered in coils, the carved and stained wood robes finely detailed
7.3 cm. high

Specialist note

For a similar example by the artist, see Bernard Hurtig, Masterpieces of Netsuke Art: One Thousand Favorites of Leading Collectors, (Tokyo and New York, 1973), p. 110-111, no. 417