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A BOAR-TUSK NETSUKE WITH A SPIDER AND FERNS A BOAR-TUSK NETSUKE WITH A SPIDER AND FERNS
By Seiyodo Bunshojo (1764-1838), early 19th century By Seiyodo Bunshojo (1764-1838), Iwami Province, dated 1829
The tusk carved in relief with a large spider crawling towards the The tusk carved in relief with a large spider among ferns engraved
narrow end, its legs undercut and its eyes inlaid, the ferns carved in in delicate kebori; signed Iwami-no-kuni Enokawa Seiyodo Bunshojo
delicate kebori; signed Iwami-shu (Iwami-no-kuni) Enokawa Seiyodo chokoku, toki ni Bunsei tsuchinoto-ushi haru nari (Seiyodo Bunshojo
Bunshojo horu (carved by Seiyodo Bunshojo by the Eno River in Iwami carved this by the Eno River in Iwami Province, in the spring of the
Province) with a seal Seki-shu . . . (Iwami Province . . .). tsuchinoto-ushi year of Bunsei [1829]).
10.7cm (4¼in). 10.7cm (4¼in).
£3,000 - 4,000 £2,000 - 2,500
JPY390,000 - 520,000 JPY260,000 - 320,000
US$3,600 - 4,800 US$2,400 - 3,000
猪牙彫根付 蜘蛛に羊歯 銘 「石見州可愛河青陽堂文章女彫」 猪牙彫根付 蜘蛛 銘 「石見州可愛河青陽堂文章女彫刻于時文政己
19世紀前期 丑春也」 1829年

Published: Published:
Rokusho 20, p.27, no.30. Lazarnick, NIA, p.322.
Earle, Huthart, p.107, no.87. Earle, Huthart, p.109, no.89.

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