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A WOOD NETSUKE OF A TIGER A WOOD NETSUKE OF A SNAIL
By Masanao, Yamada, Ise Province, By Tadatoshi (circa 1770-1840), Nagoya,
Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
Seated, turning to the left with open mouth, its tail passing over the left Emerging from its shell and bending over the top, its optic feelers
flank, its legs drawn in for compactness, the slightly worn wood with a extended, the fleshy part of the body trailing beneath, forming the
good patina; signed Masanao. 4cm (1 5/8in) wide. himotoshi; signed with ukibori (raised) characters in a rectangular
reserve Tadatoshi. 3.5cm (1 3/8in) wide.
£1,000 - 1,200
JPY150,000 - 180,000 £2,000 - 3,000
US$1,400 - 1,700 JPY300,000 - 450,000
US$2,800 - 4,200
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A WOOD NETSUKE OF A COCK AND HEN Provenance
By Masanao, Yamada, Ise Province, Daniel Rouvière collection, sold at Hotel Drouot, Paris,
Edo period (1615-1868), late 19th century 15 November 1991, lot 32.
Seated side by side on a partially open fan, the cockerel upright with
erect tail and its mate with head lowered; signed Masanao. 122
5.1cm (2in) wide.
A WOOD NETSUKE OF TURTLES
School of Tadatoshi, Nagoya, Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
£1,200 - 1,500 A large turtle almost entirely hidden in its carapace, its head turned
JPY180,000 - 230,000 to the right and its legs and tail drawn back, two smaller turtles
US$1,700 - 2,100 clambering on its shell; inscribed Tadatoshi. 3.8cm (1 3/8in) wide.

For a very similar example, signed Shinpuken, see Frederick £1,000 - 1,500
Meinertzhagen, MCI: The Meinertzhagen Card Index on Netsuke in JPY150,000 - 230,000
the Archives of the British Museum, New York, Alan R. Liss Inc., 1986, US$1,400 - 2,100
p.460, reproduced in George Lazarnick, Netsuke and Inro Artists and
How to Read Their Signatures, Honolulu, Reed Publishers, 123
1982, p.723. A WOOD NETSUKE OF AN OCTOPUS
By Kozan, Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912),
119 late 19th century
A WOOD NETSUKE OF A TOAD Trying to climb out of a large simulated ceramic pot, two tentacles
By Masakatsu, Yamada, Ise Province, Edo period (1615-1868) trailing over the side, one grasping an awabi (abalone), two smaller
or Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century shells adhering to the side; signed on an inlaid tablet Kozan.
Clambering over one end of an upturned discarded bucket inlaid with 4.8cm (1 7/8in) high.
dark studs along the sides, the frog’s eyes inlaid with dark pupils;
signed on the underside Masakatsu. 3.5cm (1 3/8in) high. £1,000 - 1,500
JPY150,000 - 230,000
£1,000 - 1,500 US$1,400 - 2,100
JPY150,000 - 230,000
US$1,400 - 2,100 124
TWO WOOD ANIMAL NETSUKE
120 One by Tadakazu, Osaka, Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
A SMALL WOOD NETSUKE OF A COCKEREL The first in okimono style, a large turtle resting, almost entirely enveloped
By Hokyudo Itsumin, Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century within its carapace, four smaller turtles clambering on its shell, the pupils
Resting, its head turned back to the left as it preens its wing, its inlaid and the cord holes ringed with horn, signed in a sunken oval
tail curling forward over its left flank, the legs folded beneath for reserve Tadakazu, 5.7cm (2¼in) high; the second three rats climbing on
compactness and the eyes of pale translucent horn with dark pupils; two rice bales, one movable rat appearing from a hole in one of the rice
signed Itsumin. 3.5cm (1 3/8in) wide. bales, the eyes inlaid, unsigned, 3.8cm (1½in) wide.(2).

£800 - 1,000 £1,000 - 1,500
JPY120,000 - 150,000 JPY150,000 - 230,000
US$1,100 - 1,400 US$1,400 - 2,100

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