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A WOOD NETSUKE OF A WASP IN A LOOFAH GOURD Provenance:
By Kogetsu, early 19th century S. Kaneko, Yokohama.
The wasp gnawing a large hole into the gourd, the smooth gourd A. V. K. Murray Collection.
pierced with decayed holes, the vine trailing down, the wood well Purchased at Sotheby’s, London, 13 March 1989, lot 94.
patinated, the wasp’s eyes inlaid, signed Kogetsu; with a wood
storage box inscribed Kogetsu saku Kibori hechima ni hachi sashi Published:
netsuke (Wood sashi netsuke of a loofah gourd and wasp made JINCS, December 1975, vol.3, no.3, p.17, no.9.
by Kogetsu). INS, PE, no.94.
15.4cm (6cm). (2).
For a very similar example signed Ittokusai, see J. Earle, NFR, p.228,
£8,000 - 10,000 no.192. Another similar example by Gekko is illustrated by R. Bushell,
CN, p.102, no.139.
JPY1,100,000 - 1,400,000
US$11,000 - 13,000
木彫差し根付 糸瓜に蜂 銘「江月」 19世紀前期

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