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A WOOD NETSUKE OF A TOAD A WOOD NETSUKE OF A TOAD A WOOD NETSUKE OF FROGS
AND YOUNG ON A SANDAL AND A TOAD ON A LOTUS LEAF
By Tametaka, Nagoya, late 18th century By Ryusansai Issan, Iwashiro Province, By Seimin, 19th century
The parent seated, leaning forward, its head early 19th century The toad and smooth-skinned frog locked
lowered to the ground, its limbs tucked The toad crawling on an overturned straw in combat on the leaf, two smaller frogs
underneath, its child resting on its back, the sandal, the thong forming the himotoshi, watching, one holding a small lotus bud, the
wood slightly worn; signed Tametaka. the eyes double inlaid; signed in a raised toad’s warts rendered in ukibori pimples, the
4.1cm (1 5/8in). rectangular reserve Issan. eyes inlaid in brass; signed in a mother-of-
3.9cm (1½in). pearl tablet Seimin. 3.5cm (1 3/8in).
£1,000 - 1,500
JPY140,000 - 210,000 £1,200 - 1,500 £800 - 1,000
US$1,300 - 2,000 JPY170,000 - 210,000 JPY110,000 - 140,000
US$1,600 - 2,000 US$1,100 - 1,300
木彫根付 親子蝦蟇 銘「為隆」
18世紀後期 木彫根付 草鞋に蝦蟇 銘「一山」 木彫根付 蓮葉に蝦蟇と蛙 銘「晴民」
19世紀前期 19世紀
Provenance:
Purchased at Delvaux, Paris, 12 April 2013, Provenance: Provenance:
lot 140. Purchased at Cornette de Saint Cyr, Paris, Purchased at Piasa, Paris, 17 May 2011,
October 1985. lot 58.
For similar examples with two young toads,
see Sydney L. Moss, EIN, p.74, no.45 (sold For a very similar example, see N. Davey,
in these rooms, 6 November 2018, lot 130), MTH, p.261, no.806, also illustrated by
and A. Ducros, NS, p.81, no.103. F. Meinertzhagen, MCI, p.239.

Another similar example with two young was
sold at Van Ham, Hamburg, 6 June 2015,
lot 338.

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