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AN UMIMATSU (SEA-PINE) NETSUKE A WOOD NETSUKE OF A MINOGAME AN EBONY NETSUKE OF A TORTOISE
OF A FROG ON A LOG ON A LOG By Sekishu, Iwami Province,
19th century By Hatsuse, Iwami Province, late 18th/early 19th century
The small frog draping itself over the section late 18th/early 19th century Almost entirely envelopped within its
of log, its eyes inlaid; unsigned. The minogame walking with head raised, carapace, the removable central section
4.2cm (1¾in). its tail trailing over an asymmetric log of of its shell forming the himotoshi; signed
oval section; signed with ukibori characters hachijurokusai Sekishu (Sekishu at the age of
£800 - 1,000 Seiyodo monjin Hatsuse cho (carved by 86). 4.5cm (1¾in).
JPY100,000 - 130,000 Hatsuse, pupil of Seiyodo).
US$970 - 1,200 5.7cm (2¼in). £800 - 1,200
JPY100,000 - 160,000
海松彫根付 丸太に蛙 無銘 19世紀 £1,000 - 1,500 US$970 - 1,500
JPY130,000 - 190,000
Published: US$1,200 - 1,800 黒檀彫根付 亀 銘 「八十六才石舟」
Earle, Huthart, p.361, no.337. 18世紀後期/19世紀前期
木彫根付 丸太の輪切に蓑亀 銘 「青陽堂
門人初瀬彫」 18世紀後期/19世紀前期 Provenance:
Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection.
Published: W. G. Bosshard Collection.
Lazarnick, NIA, p.454.
Earle, Huthart, p.364, no.340. Published:
Earle, Huthart, p.365, no.341.
For another example by this rare carver with a
reference to the Eno River, see G. Lazarnick,
NIA, p.453.

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