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AN EBONY NETSUKE OF A FROG ON DRIFTWOOD A KUROGAKI (BLACK PERSIMMON) WOOD NETSUKE OF A BAT
By Seiyodo Gansui (1809-1848), early 19th century By Ga’no (born circa 1789), first half of the 19th century
Squatting, facing ahead, its head slightly raised and its legs splayed A small bat partially enclosed in its folded wings, the carving of the fur
over the weathered wood, the eyes inlaid in pale and dark horn, signed and veins from the wings blending together, signed in a rectangular
Gansui with a kao. reserve Ga’no.
5.4cm (2 1/8in). 5.5cm (2¼in) long.
£3,000 - 3,500 £3,000 - 3,500
JPY440,000 - 510,000 JPY440,000 - 510,000
US$3,900 - 4,600 US$3,900 - 4,600

黒檀彫根付 流木に乗る蛙 銘 「巌水（花押）」 19世紀前期 黒柿彫根付 蝙蝠 銘 「臥農」 19世紀前期

Published: Published:
Earle, Huthart, p.161, no.140. Lazarnick, NIA, p.1323.
Earle, Huthart, p.171, no.148.
65 *
A KUROGAKI (BLACK PERSIMMON) WOOD AND BOXWOOD 68 *
NETSUKE OF A FROG ON DRIFTWOOD AN EBONY NETSUKE OF A TORTOISE
By Seiyodo Tomiharu (1733-1810) and Seiyodo Gansui (1809-1848), By Gan’ei, Iwami Province, early 19th century
Iwami Province, late 18th/early 19th century The reptile’s head emerging from its shell and its legs drawn in for
The small boxwood frog squatting diagonally on the striated black compactness, the central section of its carapace forming the himotoshi
persimmon section of rotting weathered wood, signed Tomiharu chokoku and the eyes inlaid in pale and dark horn, signed Gan’ei.
no kaeru o mochiite, Gansui futatabi kore o kizamu (recarved by Gansui 4.9cm (1 7/8in).
using a frog carved by Tomiharu), with a wood tomobako storage box
inscribed outside the lid Gansui futatabi kore o kizamu, Tomiharu chokoku £2,000 - 2,500
no kaeru o mochiite zaimei (With signature of ‘recarved by Gansui using JPY290,000 - 360,000
a frog carved by Tomiharu’), the inside of the lid inscribed mizunoe-inu US$2,600 - 3,300
doshi hatsuaki Gado kan (examined by Gado in early autumn of the
mizunoe-inu year [1922]), with a seal Gado. 黒檀彫根付 亀 銘 「巌永」 19世紀前期
4.8cm (1 7/8in).
Published:
£5,000 - 6,000 Lazarnick, NIA, p.1337.
JPY730,000 - 870,000 Earle, Huthart, p.174, no.150.
US$6,600 - 7,900
69 *
黄楊・黒柿彫根付 流木に乗る蛙 銘 「須富春彫刻之蛙巌水
再刻之 」18世紀後期/19世紀前期 AN UNUSUAL BOAR-TUSK NETSUKE OF A LANDSCAPE
WITH MOUNT FUJI
Provenance: By Gan’ei, Iwami Province, circa 1830-1843
Edward Wrangham Collection. The tusk delicately engraved in kebori with Mount Fuji rising above a
Published: small village of rustic dwellings in the foreground, signed Toki Tenpo
Lazarnick, NIA, pp.394-5. tojitsu Enokawa Gan’ei cho (carved by Gan’ei by the Eno River on a
winter’s day in the Tenpo period [1830-1843]).
Rokusho 20, p.39, no.47.
Burditt, ICGG, p.35, fig.1. 11.1cm (4 3/8in).
Earle, Huthart, p.162, no.141. £2,500 - 3,000
66 * JPY360,000 - 440,000
A BOXWOOD NETSUKE OF THE TWELVE ZODIAC ANIMALS US$3,300 - 3,900
By Ga’no (born circa 1789), Suo Province, dated 1813
The twelve animals clustered together, overlapping each other and 猪牙彫根付 富士風景 銘 「時天保冬日可愛河巌永彫」
forming a compact composition in dark stained and slightly worn wood, 天保年間 (1830－1843年)
signed Boshu Bunka ju tori no toshi fuyu Ga’no sanjin nijugo kore o saku
(made by the hermit Ga’no of Suo Province at the age of twenty-five in Published:
the winter of the tenth, tori, year of Bunka) with a kao. Lazarnick, NIA, p.383.
5.1cm (2in). Earle, Huthart, p.175, no.151.

£3,000 - 3,500
JPY440,000 - 510,000
US$3,900 - 4,600
黄楊彫根付 十二生肖 銘「防州文化十酉歳冬臥農山人廿五作之
（花押）」 1813年
Published:
Lazarnick, NIA, p.385
Earle, Huthart, p.170, no.147.
The inscription provides us with an approximate birth date of this little-
known maker, and confirms that he came not from Iwami, but from
the neighbouring province of Suo.
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