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A WOOD NETSUKE A BOXWOOD NETSUKE AN EBONY NETSUKE OF A CAMEL
OF A NINE-BANDED ARMADILLO OF A TOAD By Kosei Hideyuki (born 1941),
By Michael Webb (1934-2011), Yorkshire, ON A BUCKET late 20th century
England, February and March 1981 by Masanao, Ise, Yamada, 19th century Recumbent, its head turned back on its long
Resting with its head lowered to the left and The small toad seated on the side of an neck and resting between its two humps, its
its tail passing around the left flank, held by overturned wooden bucket, which bears a legs drawn in beneath, forming a compact
two feet, the wood bearing a typical stain and broadly carved wood grain; signed Masanao. composition; signed on two tablets Kosei
the eye pupils inlaid; signed MJW. 3.1cm (1¼in). and Hideyuki.
5.4cm (2 1/8in). 4.8cm (1 7/8in).
£800 - 1,000
£1,500 - 2,000 JPY100,000 - 130,000 £1,000 - 1,500
JPY190,000 - 260,000 US$970 - 1,200 JPY130,000 - 190,000
US$1,800 - 2,400 US$1,200 - 1,800
黄楊彫根付 手桶に蝦蟇 銘 「正直」
木彫根付 ココノオビアルマジロ 19世紀 黒檀彫根付 駱駝 銘 「廣晴」 「英之」
銘 「MJW」 1981年 20世紀後期

Published:
Impey, MW, p.15, cat.no.18. END OF SALE
Miriam Kinsey, Living Masters of Netsuke,
Tokyo and New York, Kodansha, 1984,
p.191, no.191.

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