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AN UNUSUAL BOAR-TUSK NETSUKE OF A LANDSCAPE A KUROGAKI (BLACK PERSIMMON) WOOD NETSUKE
WITH MOUNT FUJI OF A FROG IN BAMBOO
By Gan’ei, Iwami Province, circa 1830-1843 By Mitani Goho, Aki Province, late 18th/early 19th century
The tusk delicately engraved in kebori with Mount Fuji rising above a The frog levering itself out of a broken-off section of bamboo, the
small village of rustic dwellings in the foreground; signed Toki Tenpo two-toned wood used to good effect, the eyes inlaid in translucent
tojitsu Enokawa Gan’ei cho (carved by Gan’ei by the Eno River on a horn; signed on one end with large characters Goho.
winter’s day in the Tenpo period [1830-1843]). 5.1cm (2in).
11.1cm (4 3/8in).
£3,000 - 5,000
£2,000 - 3,000 JPY390,000 - 650,000
JPY260,000 - 390,000 US$3,600 - 6,100
US$2,400 - 3,600
黒柿彫根付 竹に蛙 銘 「五鳳」 18世紀後期/19世紀前期
猪牙彫根付 富士風景 銘 「時天保冬日可愛河巌永彫」
天保年間 (1830－1843年) Published:
Earle, Huthart, p.183, no.157.
Published:
Lazarnick, NIA, p.383. A somewhat similar example in boxwood, sold in Part I of this
Earle, Huthart, p.175, no.151. collection, 15 May 2019, lot 73, is illustrated by N. Davey, MTH,
no.776.

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