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A STAINED BOXWOOD NETSUKE OF A CRAYFISH AN EBONY NETSUKE OF THE BUNBUKU CHAGAMA
ON AN AWABI (ABALONE) SHELL (BADGER TEA-KETTLE)
By Bokugyuken Toshiharu (died 1859), Hakata, Chikuzen Province, By Bokugyuken Toshiharu (died 1859), Hakata, Chikuzen Province,
mid-19th century mid-19th century
The crayfish resting atop an abalone shell, its antennae and legs The badger shown curled in a ball, imitating a tea kettle, its head
drawn in for compactness, its tail flared as it curls around its left side, lowered and flanked by its two forelegs and tail beneath, the removable
signed Bokugyuken. 5.1cm (2in). cover of the kettle forming the himotoshi, the upper part variously
textured to simulate fur and iron, signed in a sunken rectangular reserve
£1,000 - 1,500 Bokugyuken. 4.8cm (1 7/8in).
JPY150,000 - 220,000
US$1,300 - 2,000 £3,000 - 3,500
JPY440,000 - 510,000
黄楊彫根付 鮑に乗る伊勢海老 銘 「牧牛軒」 19世紀中期 US$3,900 - 4,600

Provenance: 黒檀彫根付 文福茶釜 銘 「牧牛軒」 19世紀中期
Raymond Huet Collection.
Sold at Hotel Drouot, Paris, May 1928, lot 214. Provenance:
Anne Hull Grundy collection. de Haviland Collection.
Frederick Meinertzhagen Collection.
Published: W. W. Winkworth Collection.
Meinertzhagen, MCI, vol.2, p.929 (unillustrated). M. T. Hindson Collection.
Rokusho 20, p.68, no.97.
Earle, Huthart, p.301, no.271. Published:
Hull Grundy, NCIS, fig.121.
131 * Davey, MTH, p.255, no.788.
Meinertzhagen, MCI, vol.2, p.929.
A WOOD NETSUKE OF A DESICCATED SALMON HEAD Rokusho 20, p.69, no.99.
By Bokugyuken Toshiharu (died 1859), Hakata, Chikuzen Province, Earle, Huthart, p.304, no.275.
mid-19th century
The dried fish with an open mouth, its skin beginning to adhere to
its partially-visible bones, signed in a sunken rectangular reserve F. Meinertzhagen in MCI opines: ‘Very strikingly original design of strong
character and artistic inspiration.’
with ukibori characters Bokugyuken.
5.8cm (2¼in).
134 *
£800 - 1,200 A BOXWOOD AND METAL NETSUKE OF ANTS ON VEGETABLES
JPY120,000 - 170,000 By Jikan Ganbun, Kyoto and Edo, 19th century
US$1,000 - 1,600 A large pumpkin with a mushroom, eggplant and cucumber resting
at the sides, inlaid with three crawling ants in shakudo and shibuichi,
木彫根付 干し鮭の頭 銘 「牧牛軒」 19世紀中期 signed on an inlaid ebony tablet Gyonen nanajusai Jikan Ganbun
(Jikan Ganbun, aged seventy).
Published: 4.9cm (1 7/8in).
Lazarnick, NIA, p.1172.
Earle, Huthart, p.302, no.272. £3,000 - 3,500
JPY440,000 - 510,000
132 * US$3,900 - 4,600
A KUROGAKI (BLACK PERSIMMON) WOOD NETSUKE 黄楊彫根付 野菜に蟻 銘 「行年七十才自侃眼文」 19世紀
OF KIKUJIDO
By Bokugyuken Toshiharu (died 1859), Hakata, Chikuzen Province, Provenance:
mid-19th century Willard Collection.
Seated on a large chrysanthemum leaf, leaning on a low writing table
and holding a brush with one hand, his long hair flowing down his back, Published:
signed Bokugyu. 5.6cm (2¼in). Lazarnick, NIA, p.379.

£2,000 - 2,500 Earle, Huthart, p.306, no.277.
Burditt, ICLS, p.39, fig.3.
JPY290,000 - 360,000
US$2,600 - 3,300
Although for some years it has been recorded that Ganbun worked in
黒柿彫根付 菊葉に座る菊慈童 銘 「牧牛」 19世紀中期 Kyoto and Edo, he was at one time thought to have lived and worked
in Iwami Province. He was an adept metalworker, renowned for his
meticulous, lifelike miniature ants with which he inlaid his own carved
Published: netsuke, as well as adding to wood netsuke by other makers. The
Rokusho 20, p.69, no.98. present example shows affinities with the work of Arima Tomonobu,
Earle, Huthart, p.303, no.273. who worked in Nagoya in the 19th century.

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