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PROPERTY FROM THE VIRGINIA ATCHLEY COLLECTION
LOTS 3120 - 3137

Born in Boston, Virginia Atchley purchased her first netsuke in acquisitions. Throughout her life Virginia was most generous with
1963 and with that began a lifelong love of all things netsuke. her knowledge and hospitality, always sharing her vast collection with
She was arguably responsible for popularizing the fashion for everyone she welcomed into her home. She was an active member
collecting netsuke in the United States. Along with several other of the International Netsuke Society, holding various positions
forward-thinking collectors in Southern California, Virginia organized throughout her life such as president, editor of the Journal and sitting
regular meetings for enthusiasts to discuss and compare recent on the board of directors.

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A WOOD NETSUKE OF A SNAIL A BOXWOOD NETSUKE OF A A WOOD NETSUKE OF AN AWABI
By Masanao of Ise, Edo period (19th century) LION DANCER (ABALONE)
The mollusk climbing over the top of a broken By Miwa, Edo period (late 18th century) By Tomonobu of Nagoya, Edo period
wooden bucket lying on its side, the nails Standing in thick robes and wearing an (19th century)
along the tapering sides of inlaid horn and the oversize lion mask, his hands with padded The low striated shell with its respiratory pores
dark wood with a fine patina, signed Masanao sticks beating both faces of a large drum terminating in a tight spiral near its outer edge
on the underside suspended to the front, the eyes of inlaid and with two small clams clustered to one
1 1/8in (3cm) high glass and traces of red pigment on the side, a fleshly foot visible to the underside, a
$3,000 - 5,000 tongue, the reverse of the long cowl signed rectangular cartouche signed Tomonobu near
Miwa above a kao the himotoshi
Published 2 1/4in (6cm) high 1 7/8in (4.6cm) wide
Virginia Atchley and Neil Davey, The Virginia $2,500 - 4,000 $1,500 - 2,000
Atchley Collection of Japanese Miniature Arts,
Chicago, 2006, p. 69, no. N74. Published Published
Virginia Atchley and Neil Davey, The Virginia Virginia Atchley and Neil Davey, The Virginia
3121 Atchley Collection of Japanese Miniature Arts, Atchley Collection of Japanese Miniature Arts,
A WOOD NETSUKE OF A CHESTNUT Chicago, 2006, p. 138, no. N184. Chicago, 2006, p. 81, no. N95.
By Masanao of Ise, Edo period (19th century)
Naturalistically modeled as a Japanese 3124 3127
chestnut, its gently ribbed body rising from A WOOD NETSUKE A BOXWOOD MANJU NETSUKE
a textured base and carved with an oval Edo period (early 19th century) Edo period (19th century)
cartouche signed Masanao Tanba carving of a cluster of three hozuki Of flattened, oblong shape and carved in
1 1/2in (3.8cm) wide (winter cherries, also known as Chinese relief with a half-portrait of Bodhidharma,
$1,500 - 2,500 lanterns) issuing from a single branch, each of the Zen patriarch silhouetted against an
the pods with incised details picked out with asa-no-ha ground repeated on the narrow
Published dark stain, good patina sides and reverse
Virginia Atchley and Neil Davey, The Virginia 1 7/8in (4.7cm) wide 1 1/2in (4cm) wide
Atchley Collection of Japanese Miniature Arts, $2,000 - 3,000 $2,000 - 3,000
Chicago, 2006, p. 184, no. N263.
Provenance Published
3122 Cecil Crookes collection Virginia Atchley and Neil Davey, The Virginia
A WOOD NETSUKE OF MUSHROOMS Atchley Collection of Japanese Miniature Arts,
Edo period (late 18th/early 19th century) Published Chicago, 2006, p. 94, no. N118.
Carved and pierced as a cluster of five Virginia Atchley and Neil Davey, The Virginia
mushrooms of various size, the underside of Atchley Collection of Japanese Miniature Arts, 3128
each cap with finely incised gills applied with Chicago, 2006, p. 181, no. N256. A WOOD NETSUKE OF CHILDREN
dark stain, with a natural himotoshi By Tadashige, Edo period (19th century)
1 1/8in (2.8cm) high 3125 Depicting three children playing at Todaiji in
$2,500 - 4,000 A BOXWOOD NETSUKE OF A Nara, two youths wait on the outside of one of
POMEGRANATE the great pillars while the third on a pivot-pin
Published Edo period/Meiji era (19th century) moves through the hole (said to be the size
Virginia Atchley and Neil Davey, The Virginia The rough-skinned fruit split to one side of the nostril of the Daibutsu housed in the
Atchley Collection of Japanese Miniature Arts, to reveal a cluster of small seeds, the leafy temple), signed Tadashige on the underside
Chicago, 2006, p. 178, no. N252. branch forming a natural himotoshi 1 5/8in (3.5cm) high
2 1/4in (6cm) high $2,000 - 3,000
$800 - 1,200
Published
Published Virginia Atchley and Neil Davey, The Virginia
Virginia Atchley and Neil Davey, The Virginia Atchley Collection of Japanese Miniature Arts,
Atchley Collection of Japanese Miniature Arts, Chicago, 2006, p. 151, no. N205.
Chicago, 2006, p. 181, no. N257.

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