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A WOOD NETSUKE OF A WOLF A WOOD NETSUKE OF A TANUKI A WOOD NETSUKE OF A WOLF
After Okatomo, Kyoto, early 19th century By Tanaka Minko (1735-1816), Tsu, By Tanaka Minko (1735-1816), Tsu,
The wolf seated, leaning forward with an Ise Province, late 18th century Ise Province, late 18th century
open mouth, one forepaw resting on a large The tanuki seated, its right foreleg raised, its The wolf seated and leaning forward, its ribs
captured hare, the slightly worn wood with other foreleg beating its distended stomach, protruding, eagerly gnawing at a severed deer
a good patina, the eyes inlaid; inscribed in a the well-patinated wood slightly worn, the leg, the eyes double inlaid in brass and dark
rectangular reserve Okatomo. eyes inlaid in brass with dark pupils; signed horn; signed Minko.
4.2cm (1¾in). Minko with a kao. 4cm (1 9/16in).
3cm (1 3/16in) high.
£800 - 1,000 £5,000 - 6,000
JPY110,000 - 140,000 £700 - 800 JPY700,000 - 840,000
US$1,100 - 1,300 JPY98,000 - 110,000 US$6,600 - 7,900
US$920 - 1,100
木彫根付 山犬 銘「岡友」 19世紀前期 木彫根付 狼 銘「岷江」 18世紀後期
木彫根付 狸 銘「岷江（花押）」
Provenance: 18世紀後期 Provenance:
Purchased at Ader, Hotel Drouot, March 1983. Purchased at Sotheby’s, London,
Provenance: 16 June 1994, lot 206.
Purchased at Savot, Galerie des Ventes
d’Orléans, June 1999. A very similar example is illustrated by M.
Coullery, Baur, p.339, no.C1058. For a similar
A good example of a model of which example, see Barry Davies Oriental Art,
many copies were made during the RSH, p.229, no.171. Another example of the
nineteenth century. subject by Ranmin is illustrated by R. Barker
and L. Smith, NMSJ, p.106, no.204.

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