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A WOOD NETSUKE OF A WILD BOAR A WOOD NETSUKE OF A RECUMBENT WILD BOAR
By Masanao, Yamada, Ise Province, 19th century By Masatami, Nagoya, 19th century
Signed Masanao. Signed Masatami to.
4.6cm (1 7/8in) high. 4.8cm (1 7/8in) wide.

£2,500 - 3,000 £2,000 - 2,500
JPY360,000 - 440,000 JPY290,000 - 360,000
US$3,400 - 4,100 US$2,800 - 3,400

木彫根付 猪 銘「正直」 19世紀 木彫根付 猪 銘「正民刀」 19世紀

Provenance: Provenance:
Purchased in Paris, 1961. Sold at Glendining & Co. Ltd., London, 1922.
Purchased at Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg, 1962.
Published:
Katchen, N7, vol.2, p.137, no.K18. Published:
Meinertzhagen, MCI, p.467.
Seated, its head raised and looking up, its mouth open and its forelegs Katchen, N7, vol.2, p.15, no.K14.
bent as if about to rise, its left hind leg forming the himotoshi, the well-
toned wood slightly worn and the pupils inlaid. Recumbent, its head turned to the left with raised snout, as it sniffs
the air, its legs drawn in for compactness, one forming the himotoshi,
the wood with a fine patina and the eyes inlaid in pale horn with dark
pupils.

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