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A BAMBOO AND EBONY NETSUKE OF Provenance:
Anne Hull Grundy Collection.
MUSHROOMS WITH A SNAIL AND ANTS Published:
By Jikan Ganbun, Kyoto and Edo, Joly, WLB, p.55 (unillustrated).
late 19th century Published: Lazarnick, NIA, pp.88 and 1204.
A large worm-eaten mushroom over which Earle, Huthart, p.316, no.285. NKSJ, vol.4, no.3, Fall 1984, p.25, fig.1.
a snail in pale horn and pewter slides, Meinertzhagen, MCI, vol.1, p.480 (unillustrated).
overlapping a smaller ebony fungus applied The Tachikawa group of carvers is another that Eskenazi Ltd., Japanese Netsuke from the
with two gilt-metal ants, signed Ganbun saku was thought at one time to have come from Lazarnick Collection, London, 1990, p.74, no.54.
(made by Ganbun) with a kao. Iwami Province, although it is now known that Rokusho 20, p.73, no.106.
4.2cm (1 5/8in). they were resident in Suwa in Shinshu, Earle, Huthart, p.320, no.290.
Shinano Province. Burditt, ICLS, p.43, fig.19.
£2,500 - 3,000
JPY360,000 - 440,000 For another netsuke of a horse, facing in the Exhibited:
US$3,300 - 3,900 opposite direction, see G. Lazarnick, NIA, The Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, 1985.
p.1320.
竹・黒檀彫根付 茸に蝸牛と蟻 140 *
銘 「眼文作（花押）」 19世紀後期 138 *
A KUROGAKI (BLACK PERSIMMON) AN EBONY NETSUKE OF A CICADA
Published: WOOD NETSUKE OF TENGU NO TAMAGO ON DRIFTWOOD
By Seisendo Masatoyo, Tomita,
Earle, Huthart, p.308, no.278. (HATCHING TENGU) Iwami Province, late 18th century
Burditt, ICLS, p.39, fig.4. By Tachikawa Senshiro Tomitane (Takusai) The large insect finely carved, its wings
(1817-1887), Suwa, Shinano Province, folded with veins finely carved in relief, the
136 * mid-late 19th century flattish section of typically-striated driftwood
AN EBONY NETSUKE OF A MINOGAME The karasu (crow-beaked) tengu bearing a polished beneath, signed with very faint ukibori
fierce expression, levering itself out of its egg,
ON AN AWABI (ABALONE) SHELL characters Tomita no junin Seisendo Masatoyo
By Gyokusho, Iwami Province, one wing trailing over the shell, the wood of saku (made by Seisendo Masatoyo, a resident
early 19th century distinctive grain and the eyes inlaid in pale and of Tomita). 7cm (2¾in).
The small minogame with a long trailing tail dark horn, signed in an oval reserve Takusai.
walking over an abalone shell, two limpets 4.2cm (1 5/8in). £1,500 - 2,000
carved in relief beneath, signed Enokawa JPY220,000 - 290,000
Gyokusho chokoku (carved by the Eno River £1,500 - 2,000 US$2,000 - 2,600
by Gyokusho). JPY220,000 - 290,000
4.8cm (1 7/8in). US$2,000 - 2,600 黒檀彫根付 樹皮に止まる蝉 銘 「富田住人
清泉堂昌豊作」 18世紀後期
£1,500 - 2,000 黒柿彫根付 天狗の卵 銘 「琢斎」
JPY220,000 - 290,000 19世紀中期/後期 Provenance:
US$2,000 - 2,600 George Lazarnick Collection.
Published:
Earle, Huthart, p.318, no.289.
黒檀彫根付 鮑に乗る蓑亀 銘 「可愛河玉簫 Published:
彫刻」 19世紀前期 Lazarnick, NIA, pp.87 and 738.
Senshiro Tomitane founded a branch line of Earle, Huthart, p.322, no.292.
Provenance: the Tachikawa family and changed his name to
George Lazarnick Collection. Takusai, the name by which he is better known 141 *
to later scholars.
Published: AN UMOREGI (BOGWOOD) NETSUKE
Lazarnick, SBAP, p.166. 139 * OF A CENTIPEDE AND ANTS ON A
Lazarnick, NIA, pp.79 and 430. AN EBONY NETSUKE OF A KIRIN ROOF TILE
By Shoman, early 19th century
Earle, Huthart, p.312, no.280. By Masatoyo, Tomita, Iwami Province, The centipede crawling over one end of the
late 18th century broken, discarded tile, two ants carved in relief
137 * The smooth-skinned kirin in a contorted pose, crawling over the top, the surface of which is
A WOOD NETSUKE its neck stretched and its chin resting on its carved to simulate the rough ceramic,
four feet, the eyes double-inlaid, a loose ball in
OF A RECUMBENT HORSE signed Shoman saku (made by Shoman).
Attributed to Tachikawa Senshiro Tomitane its mouth, signed with partially-erased ukibori 5.1cm (2in).
(Takusai) (1817-1887), Suwa, characters Tomita no ju Masatoyo ...
Shinano Province, mid-late 19th century (... Masatoyo, resident in Tomita) and scratched £1,200 - 1,500
Lying with its head tuned back to the left, its beneath the jaw Unkei. JPY170,000 - 220,000
legs drawn in for compactness and its tail 4.8cm (1 7/8in). US$1,600 - 2,000
sweeping forward over its left flank, the wood
stained and eyes inlaid, signed Tachikawa to £2,000 - 2,500 埋れ木彫根付 瓦に蜈蚣と蟻 銘 「笑満作」
(carved by Tachikawa). JPY290,000 - 360,000 19世紀前期
4.5cm (1¾in). US$2,600 - 3,300
Provenance:
£1,500 - 2,000 黒檀彫根付 麒麟 銘 「囗囗富田住昌豊」 Anne Hull Grundy Collection.
JPY220,000 - 290,000 「雲慶」 18世紀後期 Published:
US$2,000 - 2,600 Rokusho 20, p.65, no.90.
Provenance: Earle, Huthart, p.324, no.296.
木彫根付 臥馬 銘 「立川刀」 W. L. Behrens Collection, no.1442.
19世紀中期/後期 George Lazarnick Collection, no.144.

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