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           A BOXWOOD NETSUKE                 A TWO PART WOOD MANJU            A RED LACQUER NETSUKE
           OF A STYLISED SPARROW             IN THE FORM OF AN OWL            OF A STYLISED SPARROW
           By Minko, 19th century            By Sanko, 19th century           19th century
           Signed Minko.                     Signed Sanko.                    Unsigned.
           4.2cm (1 5/8in) wide.             3.8cm (1½in) high.               4.8cm (1 7/8in) wide.

           £800 - 1,200                      £1,000 - 1,500                   £600 - 800
           JPY120,000 - 170,000              JPY150,000 - 220,000             JPY87,000 - 120,000
           US$1,100 - 1,700                  US$1,400 - 2,100                 US$830 - 1,100

           木彫根付 雀 銘「泯江」 19世紀                 木彫饅頭根付 梟 銘「三虎」 19世紀              木彫朱塗根付 雀 無銘 19世紀

           Published:                        Provenance:                      Provenance:
           Katchen, N7, vol.2, p.97, no.K522.   Purchased at Glendining & Co. Ltd.,    W. W. Winkworth collection, purchased 1961.
                                             London, 1965.
           Flying with its wings spread, its head turned                      Published:
           to the left, holding a spray of millet in its beak,   Published:    Katchen, N7, vol.2, p.435, no.K526.
           the slightly worn wood of good tone and the   Katchen, N7, vol.2, p.237, no.K513.
           eyes inlaid.                                                       Shown with its wings spread, covered with
                                             The young bird perched, facing ahead, its   mottled red lacquer, with gold lacquer eyes
           The maker is not Tanaka Minko of Tsu, but   plumage carved in low relief, the reverse   and beak, a black lacquered floral design on
           another of the same name, working in the   carved and engraved with a pine branch.  the back and a formalised tama (jewel) on the
           middle part of the 19th century.                                   head.






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