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A WOOD NETSUKE OF AN EAGLE A WOOD NETSUKE OF AN OWL A WOOD NETSUKE OF AN OWL
ON A ROCK Second half of the 19th century AND YOUNG ON A BRANCH
18th century The owl perched on a short bifurcated branch, By Masatsugu, 19th century
The eagle perched upon a smooth rock, foliage attached to the branch forming The owl resting on part of a branch, flanked
hanging its head down to look below, the the himotoshi, the plumage naturalistically by its young, the two owlets of bone hiding
wood worn; unsigned. rendered, the eyes inlaid, the wood with an inside the branch, the eyes of the parent and
4.4cm (1¾in) high. even stain; unsigned. young double-inlaid in mother-of-pearl; signed
4.6cm (1¾in) high. Masatsugu.
£600 - 800 3.6cm (1 3/8in).
JPY84,000 - 110,000 £1,200 - 1,500
US$790 - 1,100 JPY170,000 - 210,000 £3,000 - 3,500
US$1,600 - 2,000 JPY420,000 - 490,000
木彫根付 岩に鷲 無銘 18世紀 US$3,900 - 4,600
木彫根付 梟 無銘 19世紀後期
Provenance: 木彫根付 枝に親子梟 銘「正次」
Purchased at Toledano, Bordeaux, Provenance: 19世紀
December 1997. Milgrom Collection.
Purchased at Lucien Paris, Nogent-sur-Marne, Provenance:
Similar examples are illustrated by H. Joly, 24 September 2015, lot 433. Sold at Chayette & Cheval, Hotel Drouot,
WLB, pl.LXX, no.5378, and P. Jirka-Schmitz, March 1982.
Trumpf, p.284, no.607. Purchased at Beaussant-Lefèvre, Hotel
Drouot, 19 November 2014, lot 210.

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