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A BOXWOOD NETSUKE OF A SNAIL AND YOUNG A BOXWOOD NETSUKE OF A SNAIL ON LEAVES AND NUTS
By Yoshiharu, Sado Province, 19th century By Fujii Katsuyoshi, possibly Iwami Province, late 18th/early 19th century
The larger snail with its head extended and folded back over its shell, its The large snail sliding over a pile of various leaves, their veins carved in
young lying close to its side, forming a compact composition, the shell delicate low relief, a cluster of nuts attached to a branch beneath, forming
meticulously carved and embellished with spots of gold and black lacquer, the himotoshi, the wood slightly worn and bearing a fine patina, signed
signed Sashu no ju Yoshiharu (Yoshiharu, resident in Sashu). 3.5cm (1 Fujii Katsuyoshi saku (made by Fujii Katsuyoshi).
3/8in). 5.1cm (2in).
£2,000 - 2,500 £2,000 - 2,500
JPY290,000 - 360,000 JPY290,000 - 360,000
US$2,600 - 3,300 US$2,600 - 3,300
黄楊彫根付 蝸牛親子 銘 「左州住義治」 19世紀 黄楊彫根付 木の実と葉に蝸牛 銘 「藤井勝義作」
18世紀後期/19世紀前期
Published:
Earle, Huthart, p.350, no.326. Published:
Earle, Huthart, p.351, no.327.
Stylistically this work is arguably comparable with pieces by Sari of Burditt, ICLS, p.41, fig.13.
Iwashiro (a province close to Sado) but also by Tadayoshi of Nagoya
as seen by the smooth, complete and perfectly paralled lines on this
piece – normally characteristics associated with carvers from the
Nagoya School.
A very similar example of a single snail by Yoshiharu is illustrated by
F. Meinertzhagen, MCI, p.982; a second example from the M. T. Hindson
Collection sold in these rooms, 11 May 2010 lot 200, erroneously
recorded by N. Davey, MTH, p.259, no.79, to the effect that Yoshiharu
resided in Nagato Province (Choshu) on the western tip of Honshu, near
Iwami. A third example by Yoshiharu with the signature denoting residence
in Odawara was exhibited by Barry Davies Oriental Art Ltd., The Robert
S. Huthart Collection of Non-Iwami Netsuke, London, 1998, p.210; all the
aforementioned references strongly suggesting that Yoshiharu might have
moved and lived in different provinces throughout his life.

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