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110 * 113 *
AN EBONY NETSUKE OF A CRAB ON BAMBOO AN EBONY NETSUKE OF A TREE FROG ON A MUSHROOM
By Kanman (1793-1859), Iwami Province, early 19th century By Kanman (1793-1859), Iwami Province, early 19th century
The large crab carved in relief resting on the end of a short section of The frog squatting with its hind legs bent, as if about to leap, on the
thick oval bamboo, with a prominent nodal ring, signed Kanman underside of a large mushroom, its thick stalk trailing to the side, the
with a kao. 5.6cm (2¼in). frog’s eyes inlaid in crystal and dark horn, signed Iwami-no-kuni Kanman
to (carved by Kanman in Iwami Province) with a kao.
£1,500 - 2,000 6.7cm (2 5/8in).
JPY220,000 - 290,000
US$2,000 - 2,600 £1,500 - 1,800
JPY220,000 - 260,000
黒檀彫根付 竹に蟹 銘 「貫満（花押）」 19世紀前期 US$2,000 - 2,400

Provenance: 黒檀彫根付 茸に蛙 銘 「石見国貫満刀（花押）」 19世紀前期
Anne Hull Grundy Collection.
Published:
Published: Lazarnick, NIA, p.584.
Hull Grundy, NCIS, figs.82-83. Earle, Huthart, p.276, no.245.
Earle, Huthart, p.271, no.240.
114 *
111 * AN EBONY NETSUKE OF A FROG ON A MUSHROOM

A KUROGAKI (BLACK PERSIMMON) WOOD NETSUKE By Kanman (1793-1859), Iwami Province, early 19th century
OF A CRAB ON DRIFTWOOD The frog, with distinctive markings in relief on its back, squatting on the
By Kanman (1793-1859), Iwami Province, early 19th century underside of the upturned fungus, its eyes inlaid in horn, signed Iwami-
The large crab carved in high relief on an irregular section of broadly- no-kuni Kanman to (carved by Kanman in Iwami Province) with a kao.
striated driftwood, signed Iwami-no-kuni Kanman to 4.5cm (1¾in).
(carved by Kanman in Iwami Province) with a kao.
7.1cm (2¾in) long. £1,500 - 2,000
JPY220,000 - 290,000
£2,000 - 2,500 US$2,000 - 2,600
JPY290,000 - 360,000
US$2,600 - 3,300 黒檀彫根付 茸に座る蛙 銘 「石見国貫満刀（花押）」
19世紀前期
黒柿彫根付 流木に蟹 銘 「石見国貫満刀（花押）」 19世紀前期
Published:
Published: Shichida, INC, no.54.
Earle, Huthart, p.272, no.241. Rasmussen, DIS, fig.4.
Earle, Huthart, p.277, no.246.
112 * Burditt, ICK, p.48, no.1.
A BOXWOOD NETSUKE OF A CONCH, AWABI (ABALONE)
AND CRAB 115 *
By Kanmin, first half of the 19th century A LARGE KUROGAKI (BLACK PERSIMMON) WOOD NETSUKE
A large conch with an abalone and crab crawling on either end of its OF A FROG ON A LOTUS LEAF
shell, the legs of the crab undercut, bearing a good patina, By Kanman (1793-1859), Iwami Province, early 19th century
signed Kanmin. 6.1cm (2½in). The large frog carved in high relief as it squats, with splayed feet, astride
the folded leaf, the smaller veins of which are carved in ukibori, signed on
£1,500 - 2,000 the stem with partially-erased ukibori characters Iwami no ju Kanman ...
JPY220,000 - 290,000 (Kanman, resident of Iwami Province...) with a kao.
US$2,000 - 2,600 11.1cm (4 3/8in).
黄楊彫根付 法螺貝と鮑に蟹 銘 「貫民」 19世紀前期 £2,000 - 2,500
JPY290,000 - 360,000
Published: US$2,600 - 3,300
Lazarnick, NIA, p.591.
Rokusho 20, p.77, no.114. 黒柿彫根付 蓮の葉に座る蛙 銘 「石見住貫満囗囗（花押）」
Earle, Huthart, p.273, no.242. 19世紀前期

Provenance:
Joseph and Edie Kurstin Collection.

Published:
Rokusho 20, p.48, no.59.
Earle, Huthart, p.278, no.247.
Burditt, ICK, p.53, fig.15.

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