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A WOOD NETSUKE OF A NAMAKO (SEA SLUG) A LARGE WOOD NETSUKE OF A SNAIL ON A MUSHROOM
By Doraku, Osaka, 19th century Late 18th/early 19th century
Signed in a rectangular reserve Doraku. Unsigned.
5.7cm (2¼in) long. 7.3cm (2 7/8in) wide.

£1,500 - 2,000 £4,000 - 6,000
JPY220,000 - 290,000 JPY580,000 - 870,000
US$2,100 - 2,800 US$5,500 - 8,300

木彫根付 海鼠 銘「道楽」 19世紀 木彫根付 茸に蝸牛 無銘 18世紀後期/19世紀前期

Provenance: Provenance:
Joseph U. Seo, New York, purchased 1967. Purchased at Sotheby’s, London, 1962.

Published: Published:
Katchen, N7, vol.1, p.167, no.K564. Katchen, N7, vol.2, p.393, no.K638.

The rough texture of the slug naturalistically rendered in the dark wood The mollusc slithering over the head of the large mushroom, its optic
with distinctive high pimples on the upper side and stippling beneath. feelers extended and the thick fungoid stalk forming the himotoshi, the
slightly worn wood with a good patina.
For similar examples of namako, one by Ohara Mitsuhiro, a
contemporary of Doraku working in Osaka, see Davey, MTH,
pp.45/46, nos.99/100.

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