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AN EBONY NETSUKE OF A TORTOISE A WOOD NETSUKE OF A CRAB AN EBONY NETSUKE OF A DRAGON
By Soryu, probably Iwami Province, ON AN AWABI (ABALONE) SHELL IN AN AWABI (ABALONE) SHELL
late 18th/early 19th century Iwami Province, late 18th/early 19th century Late 18th century
The tortoise with its head emerging from The large crab resting on the shell of an The large dragon partly coiled, resting in an
within its shell, fully extended and turned abalone, the flesh of the mollusc smoothly otherwise empty abalone shell, forming a
slightly to the left, its legs drawn in for rendered beneath; unsigned. compact composition; unsigned.
compactness; signed Soryu. 4.8cm (1 7/8in). 5.5cm (2 1/8in).
5.7cm (2¼in).
£800 - 1,000 £1,200 - 1,800
£1,000 - 1,500 JPY100,000 - 130,000 JPY160,000 - 230,000
JPY130,000 - 190,000 US$970 - 1,200 US$1,500 - 2,200
US$1,200 - 1,800
木彫根付 鮑に乗る蟹 無銘 黒檀彫根付 鮑に竜 無銘 18世紀後期
黒檀彫根付 亀 銘 「素竜」 18世紀後期/19世紀前期
18世紀後期/19世紀前期 Published:
Published: Earle, Huthart, p.375, no.348.
Published: Earle, Huthart, p.373, no.347.
Shichida, INC, figs.66-67.
Earle, Huthart, p.365, no.342.
For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
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