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A BOAR-TUSK NETSUKE WITH A BIRD A BUFFALO-HORN NETSUKE AN EBONY NETSUKE OF A LOG
By Sansai, second half of the 19th century OF A CICADA By Wasui, Nagasaki, early 19th century
The large tusk carved in low relief, a bird Iwami Province, early 19th century Carved in a rustic manner, the bark
perching on a tree trunk, a flowering plant on The large insect resting on leaves, its wings realistically rendered, with a removable
a rocky outcrop below; signed Sansai Tenso and legs drawn in for compactness, the section forming the himotoshi; signed
with a kao. veining on the wings finely rendered in relief; Wasui saku and inscribed Goho.
10cm (3 15/16in). unsigned. 6.7cm (2 5/8in). 5.2cm (2in).

£1,000 - 1,500 £800 - 1,200 £600 - 800
JPY130,000 - 190,000 JPY100,000 - 160,000 JPY78,000 - 100,000
US$1,200 - 1,800 US$970 - 1,500 US$730 - 970

猪牙彫根付 鳥 銘 「山斉典相（花押）」 水牛角彫根付 蝉 無銘 19世紀前期 黒檀彫根付 丸太 銘 「和翠作」「五鳳」
19世紀後期 19世紀前期
Provenance:
Published: Anne Hull Grundy Collection. Provenance:
Lazarnick, NIA, p.912. Anne Hull Grundy Collection.
Rokusho 20, p.78, no.116. Published:
Earle, Huthart, p.329, no.301. Earle, Huthart, p.339, no.313. Published:
Lazarnick, NIA, p.1210.
A similar example, signed Kanko Takugyoku, Earle, Huthart, p.330, no.302.
is illustrated by G. Lazarnick, NIA, p.1070.
The name of Goho inscribed on the
removable section was almost certainly a
later addition.

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