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TWO LACQUER NETSUKE OF BIRDS A WOOD NETSUKE OF A FROG ON A SPLIT WALNUT
19th century By Matsuda Sukenaga, Takayama, Hida Province, mid-19th century
The first a resting crane, its wings gold-lacquered, its neck bent and its The small frog resting on the top walnut half, the kernel of bone
head resting on its back, forming a compact composition, unsigned, partially revealed on the bottom shell, the frog’s eyes inlaid; signed
3.1cm (1¼in); the second a mandarin duck decorated with gold- Sukenaga. 4.2cm (1¾in).
lacquered medallions of formal designs over its body, signed in partially
legible characters [...]sai, 3.6cm (1 7/16in). (2). £4,000 - 5,000
JPY560,000 - 700,000
£1,000 - 1,500 US$5,300 - 6,600
JPY140,000 - 210,000
US$1,300 - 2,000 木彫根付 胡桃に蛙 銘「亮長」 19世紀中期

漆塗木彫根付 二点（鶴、鴛鴦） 19世紀 Provenance:
Scott Meredith Collection.
Provenance: Purchased at Barry Davies Oriental Art, September 1995.
The first: Purchased at Delvaux, Paris, 12 June 2013, lot 217.
The second: Purchased at AuctionArt, Paris, 16 April 2015, lot 41. Published:
Barry Davies Oriental Art, SM, no.44.

Similar examples were sold at Christie’s, London, 23 November 1983,
lot 154, and at Sotheby’s, London, 16 March 1983, lots 51 and 52;
another similar example from the Betty Jahss Collection was sold at
Sotheby’s, London, 14 November 1991, lot 85.

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