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A BOXWOOD NETSUKE OF A SNAIL AN UNUSUALLLY LARGE BOAR-TUSK NETSUKE OF A DRAGON
ON A ROTTING MUSHROOM By Kanman (1793-1859), Iwami Province, dated 1829
By Mitani Goho, Aki Province, late 18th/early 19th century The tusk of pronounced curvature, carved in relief with a dragon amid
The large mollusc emerging from its shell and turning to the left as it clouds, extending almost along the entire length, signed Bunsei juninen
slithers over the underside of the partly eaten fungus, signed with ... sangatsu hi Iwami no ju Kanman saku (made by Kanman, a resident of
ukibori characters in a gourd-shaped reserve Goho. Iwami, on a day in the third month ... of the twelfth year of Bunsei)
4.8cm (1 7/8in). with a kao. 13.8cm (5 3/8in).
£3,000 - 3,500 £2,500 - 3,000
JPY440,000 - 510,000 JPY360,000 - 440,000
US$3,900 - 4,600 US$3,300 - 3,900
黄楊彫根付 朽茸に蝸牛 銘 「五鳳」 18世紀後期/19世紀前期 猪牙彫根付 竜 銘 「文政十二年囗三月日石見住貫満作(花押)」
1829年
Published:
Lazarnick, NIA, p.1323. Provenance:
Rokusho 20, p.52, no.67. Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection.
Earle, Huthart, p.208, no.180.
Published:
85 * Bushell, NFU, no.424.
Rokusho 20, p.41, no.50.
AN UNUSUAL BOAR-TUSK NETSUKE Earle, Huthart, p.222, no.194.
OF A RECUMBENT OX Burditt, ICK, p.52, fig.13.
Probably Iwami Province, 19th century
Carved in shishiaibori with a recumbent ox, its head lowered
to the right and its tail trailing, signed with an unidentified seal. 87 *
12cm (4¾in). A BOAR-TUSK NETSUKE OF A DRAGON
By Kanman (1793-1859), Iwami Province, early 19th century
£1,500 - 2,000 Carved in relief with a running dragon, extending along almost the
JPY220,000 - 290,000 entire length of the tusk, its eyes inlaid, signed Iwami-no-kuni Kakuhodo
US$2,000 - 2,600 Kanman to (carved by Kakuhodo Kanman of Iwami Province) with a kao.
11.1cm (4 3/8in).
猪牙彫根付 臥牛 在印(不詳) 19世紀
£3,000 - 3,500
Provenance: JPY440,000 - 510,000
Carlo Monzino Collection. US$3,900 - 4,600
Sold at Sotheby’s, London, 21 June 1995, lot 241.
猪牙彫根付 竜 銘 「石見国霍峯堂貫満刀(花押)」 19世紀前期
Published:
Earle, Huthart, p.220, no.192. Provenance:
Burditt, ICLS, p.38, fig.2. Imai Kenzo Collection.
Published:
Hurtig, MNA, no.469.
Earle, Huthart, p.224, no.195.
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