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A KUROGAKI (BLACK PERSIMMON) AN EBONY NETSUKE OF A FROG AN EBONY NETSUKE OF A FROG
WOOD NETSUKE OF A FROG ON A LOG ON A ROCK
ON DRIFTWOOD Attributed to Seiyodo Tomiharu (1733-1810), Attributed to Seiyodo Tomiharu (1733-1810),
By Seiyodo Tomiharu (1733-1810), late 18th/early 19th century late 18th/early 19th century
Iwami Province, late 18th/early 19th century The frog squatting on an old rotten log, its skin The frog climbing down one end of a jagged
The frog squatting with splayed legs on a embellished with ukibori pimples, the underside elongated rock, the contrasting textures
strongly grained section of driftwood, its eyes of the log depicted with a gouged technique, effectively differentiated in typical Tomiharu style,
inlaid in horn, signed Seki-shu Enokawa Seiyodo unsigned. 6.1cm (2 3/8in). unsigned. 8cm (3 1/8in).
Tomiharu chokoku (carved by Seiyodo Tomiharu
by the Eno River in Iwami Province). £3,500 - 4,000 £3,500 - 4,000
7.3cm (2 7/8in). JPY510,000 - 580,000 JPY510,000 - 580,000
US$4,600 - 5,200 US$4,600 - 5,200
£5,000 - 6,000
JPY730,000 - 870,000 黒檀彫根付 枝に乗る蛙 無銘 黒檀彫根付 巌に蛙 無銘
US$6,600 - 7,900 18世紀後期/19世紀前期 18世紀後期/19世紀前期

黒柿彫根付 流木に乗る蛙 銘 「石州可愛河 Provenance: Provenance:
青陽堂富春彫刻」 18世紀後期/19世紀前期 T. S. Davy Collection. Anne Hull Grundy Collection.
W. W. Winkworth Collection.
Published: M. T. Hindson Collection. Published:
Burditt, ICWT, p.35, fig.13. Earle, Huthart, p. 64, no.46.
Earle, Huthart, p.63, no.44. Published:
Davey, MTH, p.248, no.766.
Earle, Huthart, p.64, no.45.

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