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AN UMIMATSU (SEA-PINE) NETSUKE A BOXWOOD NETSUKE OF URASHIMA TARO
OF A LONG-ARMED MONKEY By Gotei, early 19th century
By Ganko, Iwami Province, late 18th/early 19th century The hero seated on the back of a large turtle, looking to the right with
Seated with its legs folded up to its chest and clasped by its left hand, mouth agape, the turtle’s head and limbs fully retracted, forming a
its right arm outstretched to the side, the umimatsu of pronounced grain compact composition in rather worn and well-patinated wood,
and the eyes inlaid, signed Ganko to (carved by Ganko). signed in an oval reserve Gotei.
12.6cm (5in) wide. 5.1cm (2in).

£2,000 - 2,500 £1,500 - 2,000
JPY290,000 - 360,000 JPY220,000 - 290,000
US$2,600 - 3,300 US$2,000 - 2,600
海松彫根付 手長猿 銘 「翫古刀」 18世紀後期/19世紀前期 黄楊彫根付 亀に乗る浦島太郎 銘 「呉廷」 19世紀前期

Provenance: Published:
H. A. Gunther Collection, no.149. Lazarnick, NIA, p.1341.
M. T. Hindson Collection. Rokusho 20, p.72, no.105.
Victor Topper Collection. Earle, Huthart, p.382, no.356.
Donald Mendelson Collection. Burditt, ICLS, p.42, fig.17.

Published: The name Gotei appears to be hitherto unrecorded, although his place
Hull Grundy, NCIS, fig.93. among the Iwami carvers is confirmed by an almost identical example by
Hurtig, MNA, no.695. Mitani Goho, dated 1804, that is illustrated by G. Lazarnick, NIA, p.410.
Davey, MTH, p.249, no.769.
Meinertzhagen, MCI, vol.1, p.67.
Rokusho 20, p.65, no.91.
Earle, Huthart, p.380, no.355.

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