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Lot 1875

A REPOUSSÈ IRON OKIMONO OF DAIKOKU BY KUROSE SOSEI (1886-1944)

Estimated Value:

6.000 € - 10.000 €

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Description:

Japan, signed 'sosei', Showa period
17,7 x 23 cm
Seated and leaning against his sack, smiling, holding a mallet in his left hand and clutching the neck of his sack in the other, worked entirely in repoussé 'uchidashi' from one sheet of iron. Signed on the base 'sosei' and 'kao'.
From a German private collection, acquired prior to 2007
Cf. another Daikoku bei Kurose Sosei exhibited and illustrated in Kagashi Bijutsukan (Kaga City Art Museum), Sobi Yamada: "Tetsu uchidashi no meiko Yamada Sobi ten: Botsugyo hyakunen" (Exhibition: Yamada Sobi, Master of Iron Repoussé, 100th Anniversary), Kaga City, 2016.
Very minor wear