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A WOOD NETSUKE OF A RECUMBENT GOAT A WOOD NETSUKE OF A GOAT
Early 19th century By Masanao, Yamada, Ise Province, 19th century
Inscribed in an oval reserve Hidari Issan. Signed Masanao.
5.4cm (2 1/8in) wide. 4.2cm (1 5/8in) wide.

£1,500 - 2,000 £2,500 - 3,500
JPY220,000 - 290,000 JPY360,000 - 510,000
US$2,100 - 2,800 US$3,400 - 4,800

木彫根付 山羊 銘「左一山」 19世紀前期 木彫根付 山羊 銘「正直」 19世紀

Provenance: Published:
Aoyama, Paris, 1968. Katchen, N7, vol.2, p.145, no.K115.

Published: Lying with its head turned to the left, its forelegs bent and its hind legs
Katchen, N7, vol.2, p.193, no.K118. drawn in, one forming the himotoshi, the slightly worn wood with a
good patina and the pupils inlaid.
Lying with its head lowered to the left and its legs drawn in for
compactness. The signature is deeply and confidently engraved, but A similar example, facing in the opposite direction, by Masanao of Ise
size of the work and the style of carving is rather unlike that recognised is illustrated in Harris, HGBM, p.59, no.234.
as by Hidari Issan of Iwashiro.

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