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A WOOD NETSUKE OF A MONKEY WITH A CRAB A WOOD NETSUKE OF A MONKEY IN A CHESTNUT
By Tomomitsu, 19th century By Naito Toyomasa (1773-1856), Tanba Province, early 19th century
Signed in an oval reserve Tomomitsu. Signed Toyomasa.
3.8cm (1½in) high. 4.5cm (1¾in) wide.

£2,000 - 2,500 £3,000 - 4,000
JPY290,000 - 360,000 JPY440,000 - 580,000
US$2,800 - 3,400 US$4,100 - 5,500

木彫根付 猿と蟹 銘「友光」 19世紀 木彫根付 栗に猿 銘「豊昌」 19世紀前期

Provenance: Provenance:
Purchased at Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 1965. Tommey, London, 1956.

Published: Published:
Katchen, N7, vol.2, p.23, no.K214. Katchen, N7, vol.2, p.163, no.K219.

The ape seated, trying to restrain the giant crab which is nipping one The large nut with a large hole broken open to one side, through which
hand, the wood slightly worn and the eyes inlaid. the monkey climbs out, two large leaves carved in relief below, the
wood lightly stained and the eyes inlaid with pale translucent horn.
The work of the maker is relatively rare and only one other example is
recorded, a monkey group in Lazarnick, NIA, p.1157.

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