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427 A black wood netsuke of a toad. 19th century

Seated on a tree trunk’s circular cross-section,
head raised. The himotôshi lined with green-
stained bone.
Height 3.8 cm; length 4.5 cm
Provenance
Collection Albert Brockhaus (1850–1921),
Leipzig (sold at Klefisch, Cologne, 23.5.1981,
lot 161)
Collection Hanns Jatzlau, Hannover
(sold at Lempertz, 10.6.2006, lot 993)

Exhibition
Netsuke und Farbholzschnitte aus Japan,
Gallery Zacke, Vienna, 2006
Literature
Illustrated in: P. Jirka-Schmitz, Random
Thoughts on Toads, in: INCS, Vol. 26, no. 1
(Spring 2006), fig. 5 and 6
€ 400 – 600

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428 A reddish-brown wood netsuke of a group of
fifteen tortoises, by Yôzan. Early 19th century
Partly climbing on top of each other amidst
waves, one tortoise detachable like the peg
of a manjû bearing an eyelet for the cord.
Signed Yôzan.
Length 4.5 cm
Provenance
Collection E. A. Wrangham (1928–2009),
Northumberland (sold at Bonhams, London,
15.5.2012, lot 102)

€ 1.200 – 1.400

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