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AN EBONY NETSUKE OF A TORTOISE AN EBONY NETSUKE OF A TORTOISE AN EBONY AND STAG-ANTLER NETSUKE
AND YOUNG By Shigeyoshi, probably Iwami Province, OF A CRAB ON AN AWABI (ABALONE) SHELL
Iwami Province, late 18th/early 19th century early 19th century By Seikan, 19th century
The turtle almost completely encased within Almost completely enveloped in its carapace, The ebony abalone with the edge of the underside
its shell, its head about to emerge and its its head emerging, its legs drawn in to form a lined with iridescent shell, the removable stag-
legs drawn in while its offspring walks on its compact composition, the himotoshi formed antler crab on top forming the himotoshi, signed
carapace, its head, legs and tail extended, by the removable central section of the shell, Hachijussai kore o saku Fujima Seikan (made by
unsigned. 4.8cm (1 7/8in). signed Shigeyoshi. Fujima Seikan at the age of eighty) with a kao.
4.2cm (1 5/8in). 4.9cm (1 7/8in).
£1,200 - 1,500
JPY170,000 - 220,000 £600 - 800 £1,200 - 1,500
US$1,600 - 2,000 JPY87,000 - 120,000 JPY170,000 - 220,000
US$790 - 1,000 US$1,600 - 2,000
黒檀彫根付 亀に鼈 無銘
18世紀後期/19世紀前期 黒檀彫根付 亀 銘 「重吉」 19世紀前期 黒檀・鹿角彫根付 鮑に乗る蟹
銘 「八十歳作之藤間棲閑（花押）」 19世紀
Published: Published:
Earle, Huthart, p.362, no.338. Earle, Huthart, p.362, no.339. Published:
Rokusho 20, p.74, no.109.
For a very similar example, see Meinertzhagen, Earle, Huthart, p.372, no.346.
MCI, vol.2, p.734. Burditt, ICLS, p.43, fig.20.

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