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A KUROGAKI WOOD NETSUKE OF DARUMA A LARGE WOOD NETSUKE OF DARUMA
By Minko, early 19th century Late 18th/early 19th century
Signed Minko with kao. Unsigned.
9.5cm (3 3/4in) high. 12.3cm (4 7/8in) high.

£1,000 - 1,500 £3,000 - 4,000
JPY150,000 - 220,000 JPY440,000 - 580,000
US$1,400 - 2,100 US$4,100 - 5,500

黒柿彫根付 達磨 銘「珉江（花押）」 19世紀前期 木彫根付 達磨 無銘 18世紀後期/19世紀前期

Published: Provenance:
Barry Davies Oriental Art, The Netsuke Collection Collection de Monsieur V, sold at Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 31 October,
of W. G. Bosshard Part I, 1994, no.91. 1923, lot 366.
Katchen, N7, vol.2, p.103, no.K970.
Published:
He stands, yawning and stretching his arms over his head, following Katchen, N7, vol.2, p.405, no.K783.
his nine-year meditation, the tattered lower part of his robe having
disintegrated and fallen to his feet. He stands, scowling, his chest bare and his hands enveloped in the
voluminous sleeves of his long robe.
The signature, engraved in a cursive manner, is not that of Tanaka
Minko of Tsu, but another maker, using different kanji for Min and a
different kao.

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