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98 * 101 *
AN EBONY NETSUKE OF GAMA SENNIN AN EBONY NETSUKE OF A CRAB ON DRIFTWOOD
By Gokyotei Baiseki, Iwami Province, late 18th/early 19th century By Gyokusho, Iwami Province, early 19th century
Seated with a gourd flask strapped to his waist, sitting astride a The crab carved in relief, resting on one end of the striated and layered
huge resting toad, its feet tucked beneath its bulbous body to form a section of weathered wood; signed Enokawa Gyokusho chokoku
compact composition, its eyes inlaid in horn; signed Gokyotei Baiseki (carved by the Eno River by Gyokusho).
kore o chokoku (Gokyotei Baiseki carved this) with a seal Sha. 7.3cm (2 7/8in).
4.5cm (1¾in).
£1,000 - 1,500
£2,000 - 2,500 JPY130,000 - 190,000
JPY260,000 - 320,000 US$1,200 - 1,800
US$2,400 - 3,000
黒檀彫根付 流木に乗る蟹 銘 「可愛河玉簫彫刻」 19世紀前期
黒檀彫根付 蝦蟇仙人 銘 「五橋亭楳石彫刻之」
18世紀後期/19世紀前期 Published:
Earle, Huthart, p.313, no.281.
Published:
Rokusho 20, p.75, no.110.
Earle, Huthart, p.297, no.267. 102 *
A KUROGAKI (BLACK PERSIMMON WOOD) NETSUKE
OF A FROG AND LOTUS LEAF
99 * By Baisetsu, late 18th/early 19th century
AN EBONY NETSUKE OF A COCKEREL ON A PINE STUMP The large frog emerging from the folds of a lotus leaf, the veins of
By Bokugyuken Toshiharu (died 1859), mid-19th century which are worked in ukibori; signed Baisetsu.
The cockerel sitting on a tree stump, preening underneath its left wing; 5.7cm (2¼in).
signed Bokugyuken.
3.7cm (1½in). £2,000 - 2,500
JPY260,000 - 320,000
£1,500 - 1,800 US$2,400 - 3,000
JPY190,000 - 230,000
US$1,800 - 2,200 黒柿彫根付 蓮葉に蛙 銘 「梅雪」 18世紀後期/19世紀前期

黒檀彫根付 幹に鶏 銘 「牧牛軒」 19世紀中期 Published:
Sold at Sotheby’s, London, 1975.
Published: Lazarnick, NIA, p.304.
Earle, Huthart, p.305, no.274. Earle, Huthart, p.294, no.264.

100 *
AN EBONY NETSUKE OF ANTS ON A TREE STUMP
By Jikan Ganbun, Kyoto and Edo, second half of the 19th century
The concave stump slightly hollowed out, a smaller stump on each
side, a tiny ant of shakudo inside the stump, two other ants crawling
outside; signed Jikan Ganbun.
4.8cm (1 7/8in).

£1,200 - 1,500
JPY160,000 - 190,000
US$1,500 - 1,800
黒檀赤銅彫根付 幹に蜘蛛 銘 「自侃眼文」 19世紀後期

Published:
Earle, Huthart, p.307, no.276.

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