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Lot 117*
A buffalo-horn netsuke of a rat on a bamboo shoot By Kanman (1793-1859), first half of the 19th century
15 May 2019, 14:00 BST
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A buffalo-horn netsuke of a rat on a bamboo shoot
By Kanman (1793-1859), first half of the 19th century
Carved in relief from the tip of the horn, depicting a small rat crawling atop a bamboo shoot, signed Iwami-no-kuni no ju Kanman to (carved by Kanman, a resident of Iwami Province) with a kao. 8.1cm (3 1/8in).
Carved in relief from the tip of the horn, depicting a small rat crawling atop a bamboo shoot, signed Iwami-no-kuni no ju Kanman to (carved by Kanman, a resident of Iwami Province) with a kao. 8.1cm (3 1/8in).
Footnotes
水牛角彫根付 竹に鼠 銘 「石見国之住貫満刀(花押)」 19世紀前期
Published:
Lazarnick, NIA, p.590.
Rokusho 20, p.50, no.63.
Earle, Huthart, p.280, no.249.
Burditt, ICK, p.51, figs. 8a-8b.
























