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A BOAR-TUSK NETSUKE WITH A SPIDER A BOAR-TUSK NETSUKE WITH A FIREFLY
By Seiyodo Tomiharu (1733-1810), Iwami Province, dated 1793 By Seiyodo Tomiharu (1733-1810), Iwami Province, dated 1794
The tusk carved in low relief with a small spider crawling near the tip, Carved in high relief with a firefly resting diagonally across the tusk, its
its legs undercut, eyes inlaid in dark horn, signed Iwami-shu (Iwami- legs undercut, signed Iji Kansei rokunen kinoe-tora chushun no hi Seiyo
no-kuni) Enokawa Seiyodo Tomiharu kyonen rokujunisai shite kore o Enokawa Seiyodo Shi Tomiharu kore o chokoku mono nari (carved by the
chokoku mizunoe-tora Kansei mizunoto-ushi toshi nari (carved at the age Eno River in Iwami Province by Seiyodo Shi[mizu] Tomiharu on a day in
of sixty-two by the Eno River in Iwami Province by Seiyodo Tomiharu in mid-spring in the sixth, kinoe-tora, year of Kansei [1794]).
the mizunoe-tora year [1782] or the fifth, mizunoto-ushi, year of Kansei 9cm (3½in).
[1793]), with a seal Kotobuki, an unread seal and a pot seal.
11cm (4 3/8in). £5,000 - 6,000
JPY730,000 - 870,000
£3,000 - 3,500 US$6,600 - 7,900
JPY440,000 - 510,000
US$3,900 - 4,600 猪牙彫根付 蛍 銘 「維時寛政六稔甲寅仲春日石陽可愛河青陽堂清
富春彫刻之者也 」 1794年
猪牙彫根付 蜘蛛 銘 「石見州可愛河青陽堂富春享年六十二歳而彫
刻之壬寅寛政癸丑年也」 1793年 Provenance:
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection.
Published: Sold at Christie’s, New York, Part II, 18 October 1988, lot 191.
Earle, Huthart, p.28, no.8.
Published:
8 * Bushell, CN, p.58, no.56.
Rokusho 20, p.12, no.13.
A BOAR-TUSK NETSUKE WITH A SPIDER Earle, Huthart, p.34, no.14.
By Seiyodo Tomiharu, (1733-1810), Iwami Province, dated 1793
The short tusk carved in high relief to one end with a spider, its legs
undercut and eyes inlaid, signed Iwami-no-kuni Enokawa Seiyodo Shi 10 *
Tomiharu kyonen rokujuissai shite kore o chokoku toki ni Kansei go A BOAR-TUSK NETSUKE WITH A CICADA AND FERNS
ryushu mizunoto-ushi fuyu juichigatsu nijukunichi nari (carved at the age By Seiyodo Tomiharu (1733-1810), Iwami Province, dated 1793
of sixty-one by the Eno River by Seiyodo Shi[mizu] Tomiharu on the 29th The tusk of shallow curvature, carved towards the narrow end with
day of the 11th month during the winter of the fifth, mizunoto-ushi, year a resting cicada, and engraved in delicate kebori with trailing ferns,
of Kansei [1793]). 8cm (3 1/8in). signed Iwami-shu (Iwami-no-kuni) Enokawa Seiyodo Tomiharu kyonen
rokujunisai shite kore o chokoku toki ni Kansei mizunoto-ushi toshi nari
£3,500 - 4,000 (carved at the age of sixty-two by the Eno River by Seiyodo Tomiharu in
JPY510,000 - 580,000 the fifth, mizunoto-ushi, year of Kansei [1793]), with seals Kotobuki
US$4,600 - 5,200 and Shi(?). 10.2cm (4in).

猪牙彫根付 蜘蛛 銘 「石見国可愛河青陽堂清富春享年六十一歳而 £4,000 - 5,000
彫刻之于時寛政五竜集癸丑冬十一月二十九日也」 1793年 JPY580,000 - 730,000
US$5,200 - 6,600
Provenance:
Joseph and Edie Kurstin Collection. 猪牙彫根付 蝉 銘 「石見州可愛河青陽堂富春享年六十二歳而彫刻
之于時寛政癸丑年也」 1793年
Published:
Earle, Huthart, p.29, no.9. Published:
Earle, Huthart, p.37, no.17.

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