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A SMALL BOAR-TUSK NETSUKE WITH A POEM AND FERNS A KUROGAKI (BLACK PERSIMMON) WOOD NETSUKE
By Seiyodo Gansui (1809-1848), early 19th century OF A RAT ON A BRANCH
Finely engraved in delicate kebori with a fern and a poem; signed By Seiyodo Gansui (1809-1848), first half of the 19th century
Seiyodo Gansui chokoku (carved by Seiyodo Gansui) with a kao. The rat seated at one end of a fallen branch and looking up with an
6.5cm (2 9/16in). alert expression, its tail trailing over the length of the branch;
signed Gansui.
£1,000 - 1,500 6.3cm (2½in).
JPY130,000 - 190,000
US$1,200 - 1,800 £3,000 - 3,500
JPY390,000 - 450,000
猪牙彫根付 和歌と羊歯 銘 「青陽堂巌水彫刻（花押）」 US$3,600 - 4,200
19世紀前期
黒柿彫根付 枝に乗る鼠 銘 「巌水」 19世紀前期
Published:
Lazarnick, NIA, p.390. Published:
Earle, Huthart, p.158, no.137. Burditt, ICGG, p.40, fig.9.
Rokusho 20, p.36, no.45.
For the poem, by Kawara Sadaijin, see lot 47. Earle, Huthart, p.165, no.143.

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AN EBONY NETSUKE OF A FROG ON A MUSHROOM A KUROGAKI (BLACK PERSIMMON) WOOD NETSUKE
By Seiyodo Gansui (1809-1848), Iwami Province, early 19th century OF A BUDDHA’S HAND CITRON
The large frog resting on the irregularly-shaped cap of the mushroom, By Seiyodo Gansui (1809-1848), early 19th century
its large stalk beneath forming the himotoshi, the pupils of the frog A large citrus fruit of typical form, attached to a bifurcated branch with
inlaid; signed with ukibori characters Seiyodo Gansui horu (carved by a small fruit at its side; signed with ukibori characters in an irregular
Seiyodo Gansui). reserve Enokawa Gansui (Gansui by the Eno River).
4.6cm (1 13/16in). 5.4cm (2 1/8in).
£2,500 - 3,000 £3,000 - 3,500
JPY320,000 - 390,000 JPY390,000 - 450,000
US$3,000 - 3,600 US$3,600 - 4,200
黒檀彫根付 茸に乗る蛙 銘 「青陽堂巌水彫」 19世紀前期 黒柿彫根付 仏手柑 銘 「可愛河巌水」 19世紀前期

Published: Provenance:
Earle, Huthart, p.160, no.139. W. W. Winkworth Collection.
M. T. Hindson Collection.

Published:
Davey, MTH, p.250, no.772.
Earle, Huthart, p.167, no.145.

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