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A BOXWOOD NETSUKE OF A TOAD AN EBONY NETSUKE OF A RHINOCEROS
By Michael Webb (1934-2011), Yorkshire, England, dated 1981 By Masatoshi (Nakamura Tokisada, 1915-2001), Tokyo, 20th century
Climbing over a large folded leaf, its head lowered and its forelegs Standing four-square with its head raised and turned slightly to the left,
splayed, the wood bearing a typical stain and the eyes inlaid, its thick skin finely rendered with a cloud-pattern in matt and polished
signed with ukibori characters MJW, 12 1981. sections, signed in an irregular polished reserve Masatoshi to (carved by
5.4cm (2 1/8in). Masatoshi). 5.6cm (2¼in).

£1,000 - 1,500 £1,000 - 1,500
JPY150,000 - 220,000 JPY150,000 - 220,000
US$1,300 - 2,000 US$1,300 - 2,000

黄楊彫根付 葉に蝦蟇蛙 銘 「MJW 12 1981」 1981年 黒檀彫根付 犀 銘 「雅俊刀」 20世紀

A very similar example also by the artist is illustrated by R. Bushell, The
Art of Netsuke Carving, Tokyo, Kodansha, 1981, p.206, no.283, and
Sydney L. Moss Ltd., Such Stuff as Dreams are Made on, London, 2008,
p.185, no.94. That larger example was inspired by an archaic Chinese
bronze rhinoceros vessel viewed by the artist at an exhibition of Chinese
bronzes at the Tokyo National Museum.

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