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A WOOD NETSUKE OF AN OCTOPUS A WOOD NETSUKE OF AN OCTOPUS A CERAMIC NETSUKE OF AN OCTOPUS
Early 19th century By Rango, 19th century By Teiji, 19th century
Unsigned. Signed on an inlaid tablet Rango. Signed Teiji.
4.8cm (1 7/8in) high. 4.5cm (1¾in) high. 4.5cm (1¾in) high.

£1,500 - 2,000 £2,000 - 2,500 £1,000 - 1,500
JPY220,000 - 290,000 JPY290,000 - 360,000 JPY150,000 - 220,000
US$2,100 - 2,800 US$2,800 - 3,400 US$1,400 - 2,100
木彫根付 蛸 無銘 19世紀前期 木彫根付 蛸 銘「闌午」 19世紀 陶磁器根付 蛸 銘「貞二」 19世紀

Provenance: Provenance: Provenance:
Purchased 1964. Purchased in Berlin, 1959. Douglas J. K. Wright Ltd., London, 1963.

Published: Published: Published:
Katchen, N7, vol.2, p.389, no.K576. Katchen, N7, vol.2, p.241, no.K574. Katchen, N7, vol.2, p.47, no.K569.

Kneeling in a human attitude, resting on four The large-headed cephalopod facing ahead The large-headed creature attempting to
tentacles, two forming arms at the sides and and resting on its curled tentacles, carved break out of a small takotsubo (octopus pot),
two rising up at the sides of the large head, from dark reddish wood, the eyes inlaid in two tentacles having broken through to one
the slightly worn wood with a fine patina and mother-of-pearl with dark pupils. side, the head glazed white and the pot with a
the pupils inlaid. dry brown glaze.

For other examples of the subject by Teiji, see
Arakawa, GO, p.135, no.265, Laura Muller,
Adornment in Clay, Ceramic Netsuke from
the Richard R. Silverman Collection, Toledo
Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, 2010, p.45,
no.36 and INSJ, vol.18, no.1, p.36, fig.1 and
p.41, fig.6.

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