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AN EBONY NETSUKE OF BUILDINGS A WOOD NETSUKE OF A CASTLE A WOOD NETSUKE OF FUKUROKUJU
By Chikuyosai Toun, 19th century By Masamitsu, 19th century By Hokushu, early 19th century
Signed Chikuyosai Toun. Signed with a flourish Masamitsu. Signed Hokushu.
4.2cm (1 5/8in) high. 3.8cm (1½in) wide. 10.4cm (4 1/8in) long.

£800 - 1,200 £800 - 1,200 £2,000 - 3,000
JPY120,000 - 170,000 JPY120,000 - 170,000 JPY290,000 - 440,000
US$1,100 - 1,700 US$1,100 - 1,700 US$2,800 - 4,100

黒檀彫根付 山荘 銘「竹陽斎 東雲」 木彫根付 城郭 銘「正光」 19世紀 木彫根付 福禄寿 銘「北秀」
19世紀 19世紀前期
Provenance:
Published: W. W. Winkworth collection. Published:
Katchen, N7, vol.2, p.421, no.K956 Katchen, N7, vol.2, p.245, no.K969.
(described as unsigned). Published:
Meinertzhagen, MCI, p.434. Standing, his body twisted to the left, holding
A rocky landscape with figures in a three-story Katchen, N7, vol.1, p.109, no.K916. a fan and with one arm raised to support his
building with pine trees at the side and a small very exaggerated tall head, the dark stained
thatched hut on a high ledge at the reverse. An elaborately carved scene of castle wood bearing a good patina and one cord
buildings on a high rock above a river with hole ringed with bone.
smaller buildings below amid spreading pine
trees.

The maker is responsible for comparatively
few recorded netsuke and is identified by the
peculiar flourish with which he engraved his
name (see also lot 149).

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