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17 *

AN EBONY NETSUKE OF A TORTOISE Hurtig, MNA, p.70, cat.no.217.
By Seiyodo Tomiharu (1733-1810), Iwami Province, dated 1793 Stern, BBBB, p.174.
Facing ahead, its head emerging from within its shell, its legs drawn in Rokusho 20, p.10, no.10.
for compactness, the carapace embellished with ukibori pimples and the Burditt, ICWT, p.35, fig.11.
eyes inlaid in horn, signed Seki-shu Enokawa Seiyodo Tomiharu kyonen Earle, Huthart, p.59, no.40.
rokujuissai kore o chokoku toki ni Kansei mizunoto-ushi natsu rokugatsu
nari (carved by the Eno River in Iwami by old man Seiyodo Tomiharu at For similar studies, see G. Lazarnick, NIA, pp.1124-5.
the age of sixty-one in the sixth month during the summer
of the mizunoto-ushi year of Kansei [1793]). 20 *
5.9cm (2 3/8in). AN EBONY NETSUKE OF A FROG ON A LOTUS LEAF
By Seiyodo Tomiharu (1733-1810), Iwami Province,
£3,000 - 3,500 late 18th/early 19th century
JPY440,000 - 510,000 The frog squatting diagonally on the large folded leaf, its veins carved in
US$3,900 - 4,600 delicate and elaborate ukibori, signed with ukibori characters Iwami-shu
(Iwami-no-kuni) Enokawa Seiyodo Tomiharu chokoku (carved by Seiyodo
黒檀彫根付 亀 銘 「石州可愛河青陽堂富春享年六十一歳彫刻之于 Tomiharu by the Eno River in Iwami Province).
時寛政癸丑夏六月也」 1793年 7.5cm (3in).

Provenance: £5,000 - 6,000
Anne Hull Grundy Collection. JPY730,000 - 870,000
US$6,600 - 7,900
Published:
Earle, Huthart, p.54, no.36.
黒檀彫根付 蓮の葉に蛙 銘 「石見州可愛河青陽堂富春彫刻」
18 * 18世紀後期/19世紀前期

AN EBONY NETSUKE OF A TREE FROG Published:
By Seiyodo Tomiharu (1733-1810), Iwami Province, Lazarnick, NIA, p.1124.
late 18th/early 19th century Earle, Huthart, p.60, no.41.
Resting, the frog with its head lowered, facing ahead over a large leaf,
signed Tomiharu. 4.5cm (1¾in).
21 *
£4,000 - 4,500 AN EBONY NETSUKE OF A FROG ON A LOTUS LEAF
JPY580,000 - 650,000 Attributed to Seiyodo Tomiharu (1733-1810), late 18th/early 19th century
US$5,200 - 5,900 The frog resting on the long folded leaf, the veins of which are carved in
low relief, in the typical style associated with Tomiharu, unsigned.
黒檀彫根付 葉に乗る蛙 銘 「富春」 18世紀後期/19世紀前期 8.2cm (3¼in).

Provenance: £3,500 - 4,000
Anne Hull Grundy Collection. JPY510,000 - 580,000
Joseph and Edie Kurstin Collection. US$4,600 - 5,200

Published: 黒檀彫根付 蓮の葉に蛙 無銘 18世紀後期/19世紀前期
Okada and Neill, RIB, no.34.
Lazarnick, NIA, p.1122. Provenance:
Ducros, NS, p.94, no.197. Anne Hull Grundy Collection.
Burditt, ICWT, p.36, fig.17.
Earle, Huthart, p.56, n.37. Published:
Earle, Huthart, p.61, no.42.
19 *
A BOXWOOD NETSUKE OF A FROG ON A TARO LEAF 22 *
By Seiyodo Tomiharu (1733-1810), Iwami Province, A BOXWOOD NETSUKE OF A FROG ON A LOTUS LEAF
late 18th/early 19th century Attributed to Seiyodo Tomiharu (1733-1810), late 18th/early 19th century
The striped frog of lightly-stained wood squatting on a folded leaf, the An unusually light rendition of the frog resting with splayed feet on the
textures of the skin of the frog contrasting with the veining of the large large folded leaf, the veins of which are carved in relief, unsigned.
leaf which are rendered in ukibori, the eyes inlaid, signed with ukibori 7.5cm (3in).
characters Ishikawa Seiyodo Tomiharu horu (carved by the Ishikawa River
by Seiyodo Tomiharu). 6.4cm (2½in). £4,000 - 4,500
£6,000 - 8,000 JPY580,000 - 650,000
JPY870,000 - 1,200,000 US$5,200 - 5,900
US$7,900 - 10,000
黄楊彫根付 蓮の葉に蛙 無銘 18世紀後期/19世紀前期
黄楊彫根付 芋の葉に乗る蛙 銘 「石河青陽堂富春彫」
18世紀後期/19世紀前期 Provenance:
Provenance: Anne Hull Grundy Collection.

Charles A. Greenfield Collection. Published:
Published: Hull Grundy, NCIS, figs.16-17.
Stern, MTCG, p.99. Rokusho 20, p.17, no.24.
Earle, Huthart, p.62, no.43.

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