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A BOXWOOD NETSUKE OF A BEETLE ON BAMBOO SHOOTS A BUFFALO-HOOF NETSUKE OF A CICADA
By Seiyodo Tomiharu (1733-1810), Iwami Province, By Seiyodo Tomiharu (1733-1810), Iwami Province, dated 1794
late 18th/early 19th century The cicada resting on a section of driftwood, from which grows the stalk
A beetle crawling over two bamboo shoots, bound together by straw and foliage of a kohone plant, signed Iwami-no-kuni Enokawa Seiyodo
rope, signed with ukibori characters Tomiharu saku (made by Tomiharu). Shi Tomiharu kyonen rokujunisai shite kore o chokoku toki ni Kansei
6cm (2 3/8in). kinoe-tora natsu nari (carved at the age of sixty-two by the Eno River
in Iwami Province by Seiyodo Shi[mizu] Tomiharu in the summer of the
£5,000 - 6,000 sixth, kinoe-tora, year of Kansei [1794]).
JPY730,000 - 870,000 8.5cm (3 1/8in).
US$6,600 - 7,900
£4,000 - 4,500
黄楊彫根付 筍に乗る兜虫 銘 「富春作」 JPY580,000 - 650,000
18世紀後期/19世紀前期 US$5,200 - 5,900

Provenance: 水牛蹄彫根付 流木に止まる蝉 銘 「石見国可愛河青陽堂清富春享
W. W. Winkworth Collection. 年六十二歳而彫刻之于時寛政甲寅夏也」 1794年
Anne Hull Grundy Collection.
Published:
Published: Lazarnick, NIA, p.1328.
Hull Grundy, NCIS, figs.11-14. Rokusho 20, p.17, no.23.
Rokusho 20, p.15, no.20. Earle, Huthart, p.94, no.75.
Earle, Huthart, p.93, no.74.

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