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SEVEN WOOD NETSUKE THREE IVORY FIGURE NETSUKE
Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), Edo period (1615-1868), 18th century/early 19th century
18th to late 19th century The first a standing sennin, smiling as he looks to the right, holding
The first of the poet Saigyo Hoshi seated in contemplation, holding his a small double gourd with one hand and a larger gourd over his
broad hat over his legs, unsigned, 4.8cm (1 7/8in) high; the second of shoulder with the other, the somewhat worn ivory bearing a good
Shoki looking frustrated as a demon sits on his broad hat, unsigned, patina, unsigned, 8.5cm (3 3/8in) high; the second a Chinese
7.6cm (3in) high; the third an awabi (abalone) fishergirl, unsigned, woman standing, looking down to her right, one hand enveloped
7.6cm (3in) high; the fourth a woman in Heian period costume, holding in a voluminous sleeve, the ivory rather worn and bearing traces of
a mother of pearl fan, unsigned, 5.4cm (2 1/8in) high; the fifth a coloured pigment, unsigned, 7.3cm (2 7/8in) high; the third Kan’u,
cockerel on a low mound base, signed on an ivory tablet Masayuki, standing in a typically dignified attitude, holding his polearm with one
3.8cm (1½in) wide; the sixth a coiled snake, its eyes inlaid, signed hand and his long beard with the other, his long robe carved with
Harunaga to, 4.2cm (1 5/8in) wide; the seventh umimatsu, in the form scattered clouds and the stained ivory slightly worn, unsigned, 8.5cm
of a monkey trainer, unsigned, 6.4cm (2½in) high. (7). (3 3/8in) high. (3).
£1,000 - 1,500 £1,000 - 1,500
JPY140,000 - 210,000 JPY140,000 - 210,000
US$1,200 - 1,900 US$1,200 - 1,900
Property from a European Private Collection 30 Y Ф
(Lots 28-33) AN IVORY NETSUKE OF A SHISHI
By Gechu, Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th/early 19th century
28 Y Ф Seated, its head turned to the left with a loose ball in its open mouth
SIX NETSUKE OF VARIOUS MATERIALS as it protects a large smooth ball beneath its forepaws, the ivory
Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), slightly worn and the pupils inlaid; signed Gechu. 4.8cm (1 7/8in) high.
late 18th to late 19th century
The first of wood, a seated tiger, its mouth open and its eyes inlaid, £1,000 - 1,500
unsigned, 3.8cm (1½in) high; the second a recumbent goat, its head JPY140,000 - 210,000
turned to the left, unsigned, 3.8cm (1½in) wide; the third a shishi US$1,200 - 1,900
seated with one paw on a smooth ball, unsigned, 3.2cm (1¼in)
wide; the fourth a red-lacquer netsuke of two shishi playing on a Gechu’s place of residence has been discussed by numerous scholars
base, unsigned, 3.8cm(1½in) wide; the fifth a wood manju carved and has ranged from Osaka to Kagoshima. His style has often been
and pierced with tea ceremony utensils and writers’ accoutrements, likened to that of Risuke Garaku of Osaka, by whom a very similar
unsigned, 4.2cm (1 5/8in) diam.; the sixth, a recumbent ebony ox, example, in wood, is illustrated in Frederick Meinertzhagen, MCI: The
its head raised to the right and its eyes inlaid with pale horn, the Meinertzhagen Card Index on Netsuke in the Archives of the British
boy seated on its back, playing a flute, his coat gold lacquered with Museum, New York, Alan R. Liss Inc., 1986, p.71.
Buddhist wheels, unsigned, 5.4cm (2 1/8in) wide. (6).
31 Y Ф
£800 - 1,200 AN IVORY NETSUKE OF A SEATED DOG
JPY110,000 - 170,000 By Yoshinaga, Kyoto, Edo period (1615-1868), early 19th century
US$990 - 1,500 Seated, its head lowered as it gnaws at a fish, the head already eaten,
the slightly worn ivory of a good colour and the pupils inlaid; signed in
an oval reserve Yoshinaga.
5.1cm (2in) wide.
£2,500 - 3,500
JPY340,000 - 480,000
US$3,100 - 4,300
16 | BONHAMS For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue.
