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A BOAR-TUSK NETSUKE WITH A MINOGAME AND FERNS A BOAR-TUSK NETSUKE OF A SPIDER ON A TARO LEAF
By Seiyodo Bunshojo (1764-1838), Iwami Province, dated 1826 By Seiyodo Bunshojo (1764-1838), Iwami Province, dated 1830
The small tusk carved in low relief with a minogame, its long tail trailing A spider sitting on a folded taro leaf, its legs undercut, the veins of the
at the back above ferns which are delicately engraved in kebori, signed leaf finely carved, signed Iji Bunsei jusan kanoe-tora shunshin Iwami-shu
Iwami-shu (Iwami-no-kuni) Enokawa Seiyodo Bunshojo rokujusansai (Iwami-no-kuni) Enokawa Seiyodo Bunshojo chokoku (carved by the Eno
chokoku (Seiyodo Bunshojo carved this at the age of sixty-three by the River by Seiyodo Bunshojo in spring of the thirteenth, kanoe-tora, year of
Eno River in Iwami Province). Bunsei [1830]).
10cm (3 7/8in). 10.5cm (4 1/8in) long.
£3,000 - 3,500 £3,500 - 4,000
JPY440,000 - 510,000 JPY510,000 - 580,000
US$3,900 - 4,600 US$4,600 - 5,200
猪牙彫根付 蓑亀 銘 「石見州可愛河青陽堂文章女六十三歳彫刻」 猪牙彫根付 芋葉に蜘蛛 銘 「維時文政十三庚寅春辰石見州可愛河
1826年 青陽堂文章女彫刻」 1830年

Published: Provenance:
Earle, Huthart, p.111, no.91. Imai Kenzo Collection.

Published:
Lazarnick, NIA, p.316.
Earle, Huthart, p.112, no.92.

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