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AN EBONY NETSUKE OF A FROG ON DRIFTWOOD AN EBONY NETSUKE OF A TOAD
By Seiyodo Yoshimasa, Iwami Province, dated 1865 ON A LARGE NASUBI (AUBERGINE)
The small frog seated, looking up, on a long section of striated and By Kyokusui, 19th century
weathered driftwood, the underside polished; signed beneath with The small toad resting in the curve of the aubergine, its eyes and warts
incised characters Iwami Inaokayama Seiyodo Yoshimasa (Seiyodo bulging prominently; signed Kyokusui.
Yoshimasa of Mount Inaokayama, in Iwami [Province]) with kao and 6cm (2 3/8in).
inscribed on the end with ukibori characters Genji ninen ushi uruu haru
to (carved in an intercalary month in the spring of the second, ox year £2,000 - 2,500
of Genji [1865]). JPY260,000 - 320,000
6.3cm (2½in). US$2,400 - 3,000

£1,500 - 2,000 黒檀彫根付 茄子に乗る蝦蟇 銘 「旭水」 19世紀
JPY190,000 - 260,000
US$1,800 - 2,400 Published:
Lazarnick, NIA, p.687.
黒檀彫根付 流木に乗る蛙 銘 「石見稲岡山青陽堂義匡(花押) 元治 Earle, Huthart, p.359, no.334.
二年丑壬春刀」 1865年

Published: 134 *
Earle, Huthart, p.355, no.331. AN UMIMATSU (SEA-PINE) NETSUKE
OF A FROG ON A BRANCH
In 1865 an intercalary month was added after the fifth month in 19th century
accordance with the old calendar which was officially abandoned The slim piece of umimatsu carved in low relief, a small frog clinging
in 1871. to a tree branch, its left hand gripping a knob; signed in partially
obliterated characters Iwami no ju . . . zan horu (carved by . . . zan of
Inaokayama has not been identified although there may be a Iwami Province).
connection with the present day Inaoka-cho, a district of Izumo City 7.3cm (2 7/8in).
which lies some 70 kilometres to the east of the main centres of
carving in Iwami Province. £800 - 1,000
JPY100,000 - 130,000
132 * US$970 - 1,200
A BOXWOOD NETSUKE OF A FROG ON A FOLDED LEAF
By Hakuryu, Iwami Province, early 19th century 海松彫根付 枝に乗る蛙 銘 「石見住囗山彫」 19世紀
The large frog seated, its head raised, on a folded leaf, the veins of the
leaf executed in relief and in ukibori, the wood bearing a good patina, Published:
the eyes inlaid; signed with faint ukibori characters Unko Hakuryu saku Earle, Huthart, p.359, no.335.
(made by Unko Hakuryu).
6.3cm (2½in). 135 *
AN EBONY NETSUKE OF A TOAD
£1,000 - 1,500 Iwami Province, late 18th century
JPY130,000 - 190,000 Crouching with its body slightly twisted to the left with its head raised,
US$1,200 - 1,800 its legs tucked in beneath to form a compact composition; unsigned.
4.2cm (1 5/8in).
黄楊彫根付 葉に蛙 銘 「雲江白竜作」 19世紀前期
£1,500 - 2,000
Published: JPY190,000 - 260,000
Lazarnick, NIA, p.440. US$1,800 - 2,400
Earle, Huthart, p.357, no.332.
黒檀彫根付 蝦蟇 無銘 18世紀後期
Although Hakuryu is recorded as an inhabitant of Kyoto, the work
is very similar to that produced in Iwami Province, leading one to Published:
speculate that it may be by another of the same name or perhaps Earle, Huthart, p.361, no.336.
made by Hakuryu in homage to the Iwami style of carving.

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