A wood netsuke of a hatching tengu known as tengu no tomago. A well-detailed and incredibly fine carving – the tengu’s head emerges from the shell with finely incised hair and wearing a Yamabushi cap. The tengu has a wild expression and grasps the edge of the shell with one hand, while the other is visible on the underside. The feathery wing carved with extraordinary detail is visible inside the egg, while the other wing perforates the underside of the shell. One himotoshi ringed in green-stained ivory with the other as a pierced aperture in the form of a pine, next to a maple leaf and foliage. The wood of a very appealing color with a beautiful grain. Signed MUNECHIKA with kao. Jonas mentions a 19th century wood carver who signed Munechika, who must have been a close student of Hara Shumin, since the design is almost exactly the same as the one by Shumin and also the manner of signature and use of kao is quite similar.

Category:

Netsuke

Subcategory:

-

Subject:

Animal Mythological

Material:

Wood

Age/Country:

19th Century

Artist:

Munechika

Provenance/Owner:

Galerie Zacke

Signed:

signed

Type:

Katabori

Height:

40mm mm

Width:

mm

Depth:

mm

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