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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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