Tetsugendo Kyusai (1879-1938)A lacquer netsuke of a reishi fungusShowa era (1926-1989), 1927Carved in dry lacquer as several branches of reishi fungus, signed on the underside KyusaiWith a wood tomobako storage box inscribed on the cover Reishi kanshitsu netsuke (Dried-lacquer netsuke of a fungus) and signed on the underside Kyusai kore o kizamu (Kyusai carved this) and dated Showa hinoto-u chushun (February 1927) and sealed Kyu 1 9/16in (4cm) high注脚ProvenanceU.A. Casal Collection, no. 5218Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection, sold, Christie's New York, April 23, 1991, lot 84