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AN EBONY NETSUKE OF A MINOGAME A KUROGAKI (BLACK PERSIMMON) AN EBONY NETSUKE OF A CENTIPEDE
ON DRIFTWOOD WOOD NETSUKE OF A TORTOISE ON A ROCK
By Seiyodo Tomiharu (1733-1810), Iwami Province, late 18th/early 19th century By Seiyodo Tomiharu (1733-1810),
Iwami Province, late 18th/early 19th century The tortoise with its head emerging from Iwami Province, late 18th/early 19th century
The small minogame crawling across a within its shell and slightly raised, some The small centipede crawling around the side
piece of smooth driftwood, its long hairy tail ukibori highlights beneath the head, its legs of the rock, the wood rather worn; signed
flowing behind; signed with ukibori characters drawn in forming a compact composition; Seiyodo Tomiharu chokoku nari (carved by
Tomiharu. 4.8cm (1 7/8in). signed with partially obliterated ukibori Seiyodo Tomiharu).
characters . . . to horu (carved by . . . to). 4.6cm (1 13/16in).
£4,000 - 5,000 6cm (2 3/8in).
JPY520,000 - 650,000 £1,500 - 2,000
US$4,800 - 6,100 £800 - 1,000 JPY190,000 - 260,000
JPY100,000 - 130,000 US$1,800 - 2,400
黒檀彫根付 流木に蓑亀 銘 「富春」 US$970 - 1,200
18世紀後期/19世紀前期 黒檀彫根付 巌に蜈蚣 銘 「青陽堂富春彫
黒柿彫根付 亀 銘 「囗東彫」 刻也」 18世紀後期/19世紀前期
Provenance: 18世紀後期/19世紀前期
Anne Hull Grundy Collection. Published:
Provenance: Earle, Huthart, p.75, no.55.
Published: Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection.
Hull Grundy, NCIS, fig.26.
Earle, Huthart, p.51, no.30. Published:
Rasmussen, DIS, fig.3.
Earle, Huthart, p.53, no.32.

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