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A WOOD NETSUKE OF A TURTLE AND SNAKE
A WOOD NETSUKE OF A TURTLE AND YOUNG Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
By Masatami, Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century The turtle almost completely enveloped within its shell while the snake
The former standing with its head emerging from its shell and turned winds around it, its head lowered aggressively towards its adversary
back to the left while its offspring attempts to clamber onto its back, and its body forming the cord attachment; unsigned.
the wood of a good colour and the eyes inlaid; signed in an oval 4.8cm (1 7/8in) wide.
reserve Masatami to.
4.5cm (1¾in) wide. £1,000 - 1,500
JPY150,000 - 220,000
£1,000 - 1,500 US$1,300 - 2,000
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A LARGE WOOD OKIMONO-STYLE NETSUKE OF TURTLES
Provenance By Tadakazu, Osaka, Edo period (1615-1868), mid 19th century
Raymond and Frances Bushell collection, sold at Sotheby’s, London, A large turtle resting, almost entirely enveloped within its carapace,
18 November 1999, lot 277. four smaller turtles clambering on its shell, the eyes inlaid and the
cord holes ringed with dark horn and bone; signed in a sunken
9* oval reserve Tadakazu.
5.7cm (2¼in) high.
A WOOD NETSUKE OF A TURTLE AND YOUNG
By Matsuda Sukenaga, Takayama, Hida Province, £800 - 1,000
Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century JPY120,000 - 150,000
The former resting, its head emerging from its shell and turned to the US$1,100 - 1,300
left while its offspring clambers diagonally across its back, the wood
slightly worn and of a good colour, the eyes inlaid; signed Sukenaga. A good example of a model which Tadakazu repeated several times,
4.8cm (1 7/8in) wide. an example of which is illustrated in George Lazarnick, Netsuke and Inro
Artists and How to Read Their Signatures, Honolulu, Reed Publishers,
£1,000 - 1,500 1982, p.348.
JPY150,000 - 220,000
US$1,300 - 2,000 13
FOUR WOOD NETSUKE AND A WOOD CARVING
Provenance Edo period (1615-1868), 18th to late 19th century
Raymond and Frances Bushell collection, sold at Sotheby’s, London, The first a Chinese woman standing, turning to the right and holding
18 November 1999, lot 272. a baby in her arms, unsigned, 6.8cm (2 5/8in) high; the second of
Gama Sennin standing with a toad on his back, signed illegibly, 7.3cm
Exhibited (2 7/8in) high ; the third a toad and young on a straw sandal, signed
Netsuke: An Exhibition of Netsuke from the Raymond and Frances Masanao, 5.7cm (2¼in) wide; the fourth a sashi netsuke of a long
Bushell Collection, Mikimoto Hall, Tokyo, 1-17 September 1979, gourd of flattened form, unsigned, 14.8cm (5 7/8in) long; the wood
illustrated in the exhibition catalogue, p.52, no.226. carving carved with various animals including an ox and a monkey,
unsigned, 7cm (2¾in) high. (5).
10 *
£1,000 - 1,500
A WOOD NETSUKE OF A TURTLE JPY150,000 - 220,000
By Naito Toyomasa (1773-1856), Tanba Province, US$1,300 - 2,000
Edo period (1615-1868), early 19th century
The reptile almost completely hidden within its shell, its head turned to
the right and its legs drawn back, the slightly worn wood of a fine patina
and the one visible eye inlaid; signed in an oval reserve Toyomasa.
4.5cm (1¾in) wide.

£2,500 - 3,500
JPY370,000 - 520,000
US$3,300 - 4,600

For very similar examples, see Alain Ducros, Netsuke et Sagemono
(Netsuke and Sagemono), Granges-Les-Valence, 1987, p.88, no.161; and
the exhibition catalogue, Matthew Welch and Sharen Chappell, Netsuke:
the Japanese Art of Miniature Carving, Minneapolis Institute of Art, 1999,
p.98, no.140.

10 | BONHAMS For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue.