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AN EBONY NETSUKE OF A MINOGAME A KUROGAKI (BLACK PERSIMMON) WOOD AN EBONY NETSUKE OF A TORTOISE
ON DRIFTWOOD NETSUKE OF A MINOGAME AND TERRAPIN By Seiyodo Tomiharu (1733-1810),
By Seiyodo Tomiharu (1733-1810), Style of Seiyodo Tomiharu, Iwami Province, Iwami Province, circa 1797
Iwami Province, late 18th/early 19th century late 18th century Facing ahead, its head protruding, its legs
The small minogame crawling across a piece The large minogame walking across a large rock, drawn in for compactness, the eyes inlaid
of smooth driftwood, its long hairy tail flowing its long tail trailing over the craggy surface, a in horn, signed Sekiyo Enokawa Seiyodo
behind, signed with ukibori characters Tomiharu. terrapin climbing up from one side, unsigned. Tomiharu kyonen rokujugosai shite chokoku
4.8cm (1 7/8in). 7.3cm (2 7/8in). (carved at the age of sixty-five by Seiyodo
Tomiharu by the Eno River in Sekiyo).
£5,000 - 6,000 £2,500 - 3,000 5.6cm (2¼in).
JPY730,000 - 870,000 JPY360,000 - 440,000
US$6,600 - 7,900 US$3,300 - 3,900 £3,000 - 3,500
JPY440,000 - 510,000
黒檀彫根付 流木に乗る蓑亀 銘 「富春」 黒柿彫根付 巌に乗る蓑亀と鼈 無銘 US$3,900 - 4,600
18世紀後期/19世紀前期 18世紀後期
黒檀彫根付 亀 銘 「石陽可愛河青陽堂
Provenance: Published: 富春享年六十五歳而彫刻」 1797年
Anne Hull Grundy Collection. Earle, Huthart, p.52, no.31.
Published:
Published: Lazarnick, NIA, p.1134.
Hull Grundy, NCIS, fig.26. Earle, Huthart, p.54, no.34.
Earle, Huthart, p.51, no.30.

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