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Netsuke
& Inrô
from a Dutch private collection
2317 Boxwood masterfully carved and very Provenance:
EXQUISITE NETSUKE OF A SNAIL finely engraved with meticulously worked - Dutch private collection.
(KATATSUMURI). details. Crawling on the top of her snail
EXQUISITES NETSUKE EINER shell, the two long antennae stretched Compare:
SCHNECKE (KATATSUMURI). out and laid flat on the shell. The tail - Coullery, Marie - Thérèse/Newstead,
Japan. Edo period (1603 - 1868). of the snail on the other side, forming Martin S.: The Baur Collection. Netsuke.
19th c. Tadatoshi (ca. 1770 - 1840). natural himotoshi. Geneva 1977. P. 298 - 9, see C892 und
Nagoya School. C893.
The netsuke shows a very lively, - Goodall, Hollis (et al.): The Raymond and
naturalistic representation of a life - size Frances Bushell Collection of Netsuke.
snail. Likewise, the details faithfully A Lecacy at the Los Angeles County
reproduced, such as the small breathing Museum of Art. Los Angeles 2003. P. 308,
hole of the mollusc at the entrance to no. 406.
the snail shell. An overly naturalistic - Ueda, Reikichi/Bushell, Raymond: The
representation and nevertheless compact Netsuke Handbook of Ueda Reikichi.
form of the netsuke are outstanding Rutland/Tokyo 1979. P. 132, fig. 121.
characteristics of the Nagoya School
to which also Tadatoshi belongs. The € 10.000 – 15.000 | $ 11.100 – 16.650
net - like, finely engraved structure of the
snail’s body is often present in Tadatoshi’s
works. The carver very elaborately made
the cord runner (natural himotoshi) under
the body of the snail. Width 3.9cm.
Sign.: Tadatoshi, in ukibori on a raised
rectangular reserve. Condition A/B.
Supplement: Kiribako.
Netsuke & Inrô
from a Dutch private collection
