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A WOOD NETSUKE A WOOD NETSUKE A BOXWOOD NETSUKE
OF A FUGU (PUFFER) FISH OF A FUGU (PUFFER) FISH OF A FUGU (PUFFER) FISH
Late 18th century After Gessho, Edo, early 19th century By Michael Webb (1934-2011), Yorkshire,
Unsigned. Inscribed Gessho. England, 1986
5.4cm (2 1/8in) wide. 4.2cm (1 5/8in) wide. Signed MJW Carved at Cropton near York
1986 [...] LII (aged 52), 8 May.
£800 - 1,000 £600 - 800 5.4cm (2 1/8in) wide.
JPY120,000 - 150,000 JPY87,000 - 120,000
US$1,100 - 1,400 US$830 - 1,100 £1,500 - 2,000
JPY220,000 - 290,000
木彫根付 河豚 無銘 18世紀後期 木彫根付 河豚 銘「月生」 19世紀前期 US$2,100 - 2,800

Provenance: Provenance: 木彫根付 河豚 銘「MJW Carved at
Purchased in 1966. Purchased in Barcelona, 1959. Cropton near York 1986 [...] LII 8 May」
1986年
Published: Published:
Katchen, N7, vol.2, p.389, no.K544. Katchen, N7, vol.1, p.253, no.K542. Provenance:
Eskenazi Ltd., London.
Shown swimming, facing ahead, its stomach Of simple round form, the fish having puffed
distended to ward off predators, its body itself up to deter predators, its tail curled Published:
partly carved with ukibori pimples, its eyes of around to the left for compactness, its upper Katchen, N7, vol.2, p.255, no.K914.
silver and its beak inlaid with marine ivory. body with ukibori pimples and its pupils inlaid.
The large fish puffing itself up to deter
predators, facing ahead and with its tail
curled forward to the left for compactness, its
body with a profusion of ukibori pimples, the
wood variously stained and the eyes inlaid in
shell with dark pupils.

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