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AN EBONY OR KUROGAKI WOOD NETSUKE A WOOD NETSUKE OF A COCKEREL
OF A COCKEREL ON A DRUM After Tomokazu, Gifu, Mino Province, 19th century
After Tanaka Minko (1735-1816), Tsu, Ise Province, Inscribed Tomokazu.
late 18th/early 19th century 3.8cm (1½in) wide.
Inscribed Minko with a kao.
3cm (1 1/8in) wide. £800 - 1,000
JPY120,000 - 150,000
£600 - 800 US$1,100 - 1,400
JPY87,000 - 120,000
US$830 - 1,100 木彫根付 諫鼓鶏 銘「友一」 19世紀

黒檀/黒柿彫根付 閑古鳥 銘「岷江（花押）」 Provenance:
18世紀後期/19世紀前期 Sydney L. Moss Ltd., London, purchased 1969.

Provenance: Published:
Purchased at Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 1965. Katchen, N7, vol.2, p.109, no.K35.

Published: Seated on a drum, its head turned back to the left and its long tail
Katchen, N7, vol.2, p.83, no.K31. trailing over the side, forming a compact composition in well-toned
wood.
Perched on the overturned drum, facing ahead and its tail trailing over
the end, which is engraved with mitsu-domoe (three-comma motif), the For a very similar model by Tomokazu, see Harris, HGBM, p.63,
dark wood somewhat worn and the comb lacquered red, the wattles no.267.
inlaid with pink coral and the eyes of mother-of-pearl with dark pupils.

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