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70 * 72 *
A LARGE BOXWOOD NETSUKE OF A TOAD A BOXWOOD NETSUKE OF A FROG
By Mitani Goho, Aki Province, late 18th/early 19th century EMERGING FROM A ROTTED BRANCH
Squatting in a typical attitude, its feet curled beneath for compactness, By Mitani Goho, Aki Province, late 18th/early 19th century
boldly rendered and with ukibori pimples covering its entire body, The frog levering itself out of a partially-rotted branch, its hind legs visible
signed Goho. 7cm (2¾in). from the opposite end, its body covered with ukibori pimples, signed with
ukibori characters on a smooth portion of bark Goho with a kao.
£4,000 - 5,000 4.2cm (1¾in).
JPY580,000 - 730,000
US$5,200 - 6,600 £6,000 - 8,000
JPY870,000 - 1,200,000
黄楊彫根付 蝦蟇 銘 「五鳳」 18世紀後期/19世紀前期 US$7,900 - 10,000

Provenance: 黄楊彫根付 枯木に蛙 銘 「五鳳（花押）」
Joseph and Edie Kurstin Collection. 18世紀後期/19世紀前期

Published: Provenance:
Okada and Neill, RIB, p.55, no.36. Anne Hull Grundy Collection.
Lazarnick, NIA, p.411. M. T. Hindson Collection.
Rokusho 20, p.59, no.81.
Burditt, ICGG, p.42, figs.12-13. Published:
Earle, Huthart, p.179, no.153. Davey, MTH, p.252, no.777.
Rokusho 20, p.54, no.70.
71 * Burditt, ICGG, p.44, fig.20.
Earle, Huthart, p.181, no.155.
A BOXWOOD NETSUKE OF A TOAD
EMERGING FROM A LOTUS POD
By Mitani Goho, Aki Province, late 18th/early 19th century 73 *
The toad emerging from the empty pod, which is simulated as split and A BOXWOOD NETSUKE OF A FROG IN BAMBOO
broken in places, the trailing stalk carved in relief beneath, the skin of By Mitani Goho, Aki Province, late 18th/early 19th century
the toad partially covered with ukibori pimples and its eyes inlaid, signed The frog attempting to lever itself out of a broken-off section of bamboo,
Goho rojin saku (made by Goho in old age). the creature naturalistically carved with details in ukibori, the bamboo
4.8cm (1 7/8in). gouged with simulated worm holes with a small shoot emerging from one
side, signed in ukibori and incised characters Dainitto San’yo Aki Goho
£6,000 - 8,000 Mitani Kotsu kore o sei (this was made by Goho Mitani Kotsu of Aki in the
JPY870,000 - 1,200,000 San’yo region of Great Japan).
US$7,900 - 10,000 4.7cm (1 7/8in).

黄楊彫根付 蓮根に蝦蟇 銘 「五鳳老人作」 £6,000 - 8,000
18世紀後期/19世紀前期 JPY870,000 - 1,200,000
US$7,900 - 10,000
Provenance:
Anne Hull Grundy Collection. 黄楊彫根付 竹の中の蛙 銘 「大日東山陽安芸五鳳三谷公通製之」
18世紀後期/19世紀前期
Published:
Hull Grundy, NCIS, figs.50-53. Provenance:
Meinertzhagen, MCI, vol.1, p.83. Harry Seymour Trower Collection.
Rokusho 20, p.57, no.77. W. W. Winkworth Collection.
Burditt, ICGG, p.45, figs.25-26. M. T. Hindson Collection.
Earle, Huthart, p.180, no.154. M. S. Newstead Collection.

Published:
Henri L. Joly, H. Seymour Trower Collection of Japanese Art, London,
Glendining & Co., 1913, cat.no. 33.
Hurtig, MNA, no.598.
Davey, MTH, p.252, no.776.
Meinertzhagen, MCI, vol.1, p.83.
Rokusho 20, p.55, no.73.
Earle, Huthart, p.182, no.156.

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