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AN EBONY NETSUKE OF A TORTOISE AN EBONY NETSUKE OF A FROG AN EBONY NETSUKE
By Seiyodo Bunshojo (1764-1838), ON A LOTUS LEAF OF A RECUMBENT DOG
Iwami Province, early 19th century By Seiyodo Bunshojo (1764-1838), By Seiyodo Bunshojo (1764-1838),
The tortoise with its head emerging and facing Iwami Province, early 19th century early 19th century
ahead, its legs and tail retracted within its The frog resting diagonally on the folded leaf, its The plump dog resting with its legs drawn in for
shell, the central segment removable to form veins carved in low relief and ukibori, the frog’s compactness, its coat meticulously rendered, its
the himotoshi, faintly signed ... kawa Seiyodo eyes of pale and dark horn, signed with ukibori eyes inlaid in horn, signed in ukibori characters
Tomiharu no musume Bunsho chokoku (carved characters Seiyodo Bunshojo horu (carved by Seiyodo Bunshojo. 5.9cm (2 3/8in).
by Bunsho, daughter of Seiyodo Tomiharu by Seiyodo Bunshojo).
the ... River). 6.3cm (2½in). £4,000 - 4,500
5.7cm (2¼in). JPY580,000 - 650,000
£3,000 - 3,500 US$5,200 - 5,900
£2,000 - 3,000 JPY440,000 - 510,000
JPY290,000 - 440,000 US$3,900 - 4,600 黒檀彫根付 犬 銘 「青陽堂文章女」
US$2,600 - 3,900 19世紀前期
黒檀彫根付 蓮の葉に蛙 銘 「青陽堂文章女
黒檀彫根付 亀 銘 「囗囗河青陽堂富春女文 彫」 19世紀前期 Published:
章彫刻」 19世紀初期 Shichida Makoto, Shimizu Iwao - Sculptor of Iwami,
Published: Part 5, JINCS, vol.3, no.4, March 1976, p.17.
Published: Earle, Huthart, p.135, no.117. Rokusho 20, p.26, no.28.
Lazarnick, NIA, p.318. Earle, Huthart, p.137, no.119.
Earle, Huthart, p.131, no.113.

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