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A WOOD NETSUKE A WOOD NETSUKE OF A KAPPA
OF TENGU NO TAMAGO (HATCHING TENGU) By Hideharu, Nagoya, 19th century
By Masakazu, Gifu, Mino Province, 19th century Signed in an elliptical reserve Hideharu.
Signed in an oval reserve Masakazu. 4.5cm (1¾in) wide.
4.2cm (1 5/8in) wide.
£2,000 - 2,500
£3,000 - 5,000 JPY290,000 - 360,000
JPY440,000 - 730,000 US$2,800 - 3,400
US$4,100 - 6,900
木彫根付 河童 銘「秀晴」 19世紀
木彫根付 天狗の卵 銘「正一」 19世紀
Provenance:
Provenance: Purchased at Sotheby’s, London, 1965.
Marcel Lorber, London, 1959.
Published:
Published: Katchen, N7, vol.2, p.35, no.K406.
Katchen, N7, vol.2, p.119, no.K452.
Seated on a giant clam and trying to extricate one foot caught in the
The tengu struggling to release itself from the cracked shell, pulling one jaws of the shell, crisply carved in lightly stained wood, the eyes inlaid
wing with its beak, the pale wood slightly worn and the eyes inlaid in in pale translucent horn with dark pupils.
pale translucent horn with dark pupils.
One of the more popular designs by Hideharu, one of which is
A very similar example is illustrated in Moss, ZBDC, no.67 and in illustrated with a line drawing in Meinertzhagen, MCI,p.136. A variation
Moss, MT, no.50, where it is stated that the model is derived from one on this popular subject by Hideharu shows a mermaid in a similar
by Naito Toyomasa, for an example of which, see Davey, MTH, p.241, distressed attitude (see Lazarnick, NIA, p.458).
no.745.

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