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A WALRUS TUSK NETSUKE AN AMBER NETSUKE AN INLAID WOOD NETSUKE
OF A FLOWER BASKET OF SIX DOUBLE GOURDS OF A GOURD
Asakusa, Edo/Tokyo, late 19th century By Komin, Edo, late 19th century Attributed to Shibayama Soichi,
Signed in seal form Gyoku. Signed Komin with a kao. late 19th century
3.8cm (1½in) high. 4.8cm (1 7/8in) wide. Signed So[..].
4.2cm (1 5/8in) high.
£1,000 - 1,500 £1,500 - 2,000
JPY150,000 - 220,000 JPY220,000 - 290,000 £800 - 1,000
US$1,400 - 2,100 US$2,100 - 2,800 JPY120,000 - 150,000
US$1,100 - 1,400
セイウチ牙彫根付 花籠 琥珀彫根付 瓢箪 銘「光珉（花押）」
銘「玉（方印）」 19世紀後期 19世紀後期 木彫象嵌根付 瓢箪 銘「宗[...]」
19世紀後期
Published: Provenance:
Katchen, N7, vol.1, p.263, no.K921. George Cohen collection. Provenance:
Purchased at Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 1965.
Of flattened and ribbed baluster form, filled Published:
with chrysanthemums which trail over the Katchen, N7, vol.1, p.267, no.K663. Published:
side. Katchen, N7, vol.1, p.265, no.K669.
Of pale honey-coloured tone, the fruits
The maker, signing with the single character clustered together and overlapping to form a Of lobed form, inlaid around the sides with a
in archaic form, may be Gyokumin, a fringe compact composition with two large leaves snail and large leaves in pewter, mother-of-
member of the Asakusa group. on the reverse. pearl, horn and tortoiseshell, the cord holes
ringed with bone.
This appears to be the only recorded netsuke
carved from amber made by Komin. The work is attributed to Shibayama Soichi,
who made netsuke and inro in the late
19th century, the second kanji obliterated.

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