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A BOXWOOD AND EBONY NETSUKE AN EBONY NETSUKE OF RAIJIN A WOOD NETSUKE OF QUAILS
OF A TORTOISE ON A CLOUD AND MILLET
By Takugyoku, Iwami Province, 19th century By Tatekawa Senshiro Tomitane (Takusai, By Tatekawa Senshiro Tomitane (Takusai,
The tortoise’s shell of stained boxwood and 1817-1887), Suwa, Shinano Province, 1817-1887), Suwa, Shinano Province,
the underside of ebony, its head almost 19th century mid-late 19th century
completely hidden and its legs drawn in for The god of thunder crouching, his head The two plump quails on a cluster of
compactness, the central segemnt of the turned to the left peering down through a millet stalks, one raising its head over its
shell removable and forming the himotoshi; large swirling cloud, one hand raised to throw companion, pecking at the seeds, two tiny
signed Kanko Takugyoku (Takugyoku, official a thunderbolt, part of the cloud forming the chicks at their feet, the wood stained dark;
artist). 3.9cm (1½in). himotoshi; signed in a long oval reserve signed in a long polished reserve Tatekawa
Tatekawa Takusai. Tomitane. 3.8cm (1½in).
£1,200 - 1,500 4.1cm 1 5/8cm).
JPY160,000 - 190,000 £1,500 - 2,000
US$1,500 - 1,800 £1,500 - 2,000 JPY190,000 - 260,000
JPY190,000 - 260,000 US$1,800 - 2,400
黄楊・黒檀彫根付 亀 銘 「官工琢玉」 US$1,800 - 2,400
19世紀 木彫根付 粟に鶉 銘「立川富種」
黒檀彫根付 雷神 銘 「立川琢斎」 19世紀中期/後期
Provenance: 19世紀
George Lazarnick Collection. Provenance:
Published: Anne Hull Grundy Collection.
Published: Lazarnick, NIA, p.1056.
Lazarnick, NIA, pp. 80, 1070. Earle, Huthart, p.315, no.284. Published:
Earle, Huthart, p.315, no.282. Hull Grundy, NCIS, figs.96-97.
Lazarnick, NIA, p.1057, 1324.
Earle, Huthart, p.317, no.286.

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