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A WOOD NETSUKE OF A MONKEY A WOOD NETSUKE OF A MONKEY A DARK WOOD NETSUKE
School of Kano Tomokazu, Gifu, 19th century By Tanaka Minko (1735-1816), Tsu, OF A MONKEY AND YOUNG
The monkey seated, eating biwa (loquats), Ise Province, late 18th/early 19th century By Tomokazu II, Gifu, late 19th century
holding a fruit-laden leafy branch in its lap, its The monkey seated, holding a small fruit in The parent seated, wearing a tattered coat,
feet forming the himotoshi, the dark-stained its left hand as it takes a bite, its right hand eating a fruit, its foot resting on two other
wood slightly worn, the eyes and teeth grasping its left foot, the eyes and teeth fruits, one infant standing on the back of the
inlaid in horn; inscribed in an oval reserve inlaid; signed in a polished reserve Minko. other; signed Tomokazu.
Tomokazu. 2.6cm (1in). 3.5cm (1 3/8in) high.
3.4cm (1 5/16in) high.
£1,500 - 2,000 £1,500 - 2,000
£3,000 - 3,500 JPY210,000 - 280,000 JPY210,000 - 280,000
JPY420,000 - 490,000 US$2,000 - 2,600 US$2,000 - 2,600
US$3,900 - 4,600
木彫根付 猿 銘「岷江」 木彫根付 親子猿 銘「友一」
木彫根付 猿 銘「友一」 19世紀 18世紀後期/19世紀前期 19世紀後期

Provenance: Provenance: Provenance:
Purchased at Siboni, Hotel Drouot, Sold at Hotel Drouot, 16 October 1989. R. Mathieu Collection.
17 March 2006. Purchased at Piasa, Paris, 16 December Purchased at Aguttes, Clermont-Ferrand,
2004, lot 204. May 1982.

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