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A RARE BOAR-TUSK NETSUKE A BOAR-TUSK NETSUKE WITH A SPIDER
WITH YOSHITSUNE AND BENKEI By Mitsuaki, dated 1824
By Tomimura, probably Iwami Province, 19th century The tusk with a spider carved in low relief, inscribed with barely
The tusk of pronounced curvature, delicately carved in kebori with perceptible characters ichi ni san (one two three); signed in characters
Benkei and Yoshitsune (Shanao) engaged in their epic duel on the Gojo arranged in four columns to imitate a Chinese poem Seki-shu
Bridge, when the giant monk was defeated by the nimble young hero; Isariyama no fumoto Tochigi no ju Minamoto no Mitsuaki Bunsei shichi
signed in reisho style Tomimura shi (Mr Tomimura). kinoe-saru jugatsu kichinichi (Minamoto no Mitsuaki, resident of Tochigi
11.5cm (4½in). at the foot of Mount Isari in Iwami Province, on a lucky day in the tenth
month of the seventh, kino-saru, year of Bunsei [1824]).
£1,500 - 2,000 10.4cm (4 1/16in).
JPY190,000 - 260,000
US$1,800 - 2,400 £2,000 - 2,500
JPY260,000 - 320,000
猪牙彫根付 遮那王と弁慶 銘 「富邑氏」 19世紀 US$2,400 - 3,000
Published: 猪牙彫根付 蜘蛛 銘 「石州漁山麓栃木住源光明文政七甲申十月吉
Earle, Huthart, p.384, no.358. 日」 1824年
Published:
Earle, Huthart, p.385, no.359.
Mount Isari (elevation: 714 metres) is located about 40 kilometres west
of the Eno River.
For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
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