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A RARE BOXWOOD NETSUKE INSJ, vol.10, no.1, Spring 1990, back cover. Published:
Rokusho 20, p.57, no.76.
Davey, MTH, p.381, no.1143.
OF GAMA SENNIN
By Mitani Goho, Aki Province, dated 1804 Burditt, ICGG, p.43, figs.16-17. Rokusho 20, p.58, no.80.
Half-kneeling and crying out in pain as he is almost Earle, Huthart, p.190, no.166. Earle, Huthart, p.190, no.167.
crushed beneath the weight of a huge toad resting
on his shoulders, one leg trailing down his back, Exhibited: 83 *
the skin of the frog rendered with ukibori pimples, The Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, A BOXWOOD NETSUKE OF A SPIDER
signed with partially-erased ukibori characters 1985. ON AN OAK BRANCH
Goho Tani Kotsu saku kinoe-ne mo... (made by By Mitani Goho, Aki Province,
Goho Tani Kotsu in early ..., in the first year of the 82 * late 18th/early 19th century
cycle [1804]). 5.3cm (2 1/8in) high. A BOXWOOD NETSUKE OF A LIZARD The small spider resting on a section of
ON A MUSHROOM oak, flanked by five large acorns, their cups
£8,000 - 10,000 Attributed to Mitani Goho, Aki Province, rendered with ukibori pimples, signed with
JPY1,200,000 - 1,500,000 late 18th/early 19th century ukibori characters Goho.
US$10,000 - 13,000 The large lizard resting on the upper surface of 3.6cm (1 3/8in).
the fungus, its tail curled to the left, following
黄楊彫根付 蝦蟇仙人 銘 「五鳳谷公通作甲子 the perimeter of the cap, its stalk forming £2,500 - 3,000
孟囗」 1804年 the himotoshi, details carved in ukibori, the JPY360,000 - 440,000
wood slightly worn and bearing a fine patina, US$3,300 - 3,900
Provenance: unsigned. 6cm (2 3/8in).
J. C. Hawkshaw Collection. 黄楊彫根付 柏の枝に止まる蜘蛛
Sold at Christie’s London, 20 October 1976. £5,000 - 6,000 銘 「五鳳」 18世紀後期/19世紀前期
Eskenazi Ltd., London. JPY730,000 - 870,000
George Lazarnick Collection. US$6,600 - 7,900 Published:
Rokusho 20, p.54, no.71.
Published: 黄楊彫根付 茸に蜥蜴 無銘 Earle, Huthart, p.206, no.178.
Henri L. Joly, auction catalogue of the 18世紀後期/19世紀前期
J. C. Hawkshaw Collection, London, 1911,
cat.no.53. Provenance:
Lazarnick, NIA, pp.70 and 412. G. G. Davies Collection.
Eskenazi Ltd., Japanese Netsuke from the M. M. Hepworth Collection.
Lazarnick Collection, London, 1990, p.70, no.48. M. T. Hindson Collection.

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