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A rare cypress-wood okimono of a hawk By Tsuramitsu, Iwami Province, Edo period (1615-1868), dated 1823 image 1
A rare cypress-wood okimono of a hawk By Tsuramitsu, Iwami Province, Edo period (1615-1868), dated 1823 image 2
Lot 89*

A rare cypress-wood okimono of a hawk
By Tsuramitsu, Iwami Province, Edo period (1615-1868), dated 1823

16 May 2019, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

£1,800 - £2,000

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A rare cypress-wood okimono of a hawk

By Tsuramitsu, Iwami Province, Edo period (1615-1868), dated 1823
Perched on an integral tree trunk, its head turned back and its eyes inlaid, the ancient tree trunk naturalistically rendered and carved in low relief with trailing foliage; signed and dated Sekiyo no junin Tsuramitsu saku toki ni Bunsei roku mizunoto-hitsuji toshi kugatsu-bi (carved in the ninth month of 1823 by Tsuramitsu, living in Iwami Province) with a kao. 28.5cm (11¼in) high.

Footnotes

Often referred to by his probable nickname Kanman, Tsuramitsu (1793-1859) was born in the town of Ota, to the north-east of the Enokawa River. He produced many netsuke in Iwami style, as well as a number of okimono, tonkotsu and inro.

For a fine selection of netsuke by Tsuramitsu (catalogued as by Kanman), see our accompanying sale of Iwami nestuke from the Robert S. Huthart Collection, 15 May 2019.

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