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Lot 129*
A boar-tusk netsuke of a dragon By Bokugyuken Toshiharu (died 1859), Hakata, Chikuzen Province, early to mid-19th century
15 May 2019, 14:00 BST
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A boar-tusk netsuke of a dragon
By Bokugyuken Toshiharu (died 1859), Hakata, Chikuzen Province, early to mid-19th century
Carved in relief with a running dragon, signed Bokugyuken Toshiharu. 10.8cm (4¼in) long.
Carved in relief with a running dragon, signed Bokugyuken Toshiharu. 10.8cm (4¼in) long.
Footnotes
猪牙彫根付 竜 銘 「牧牛軒利治」 19世紀前期/中期
Provenance:
Albert Brockhaus Collection.
Published:
Albert Brockhaus, Netsuke, Leipzig, F.A. Brockhaus, 1905/9, cat.no.649.
Meinertzhagen, MCI, vol.2, p.929 (unillustrated).
Earle, Huthart, p.300, no.270.
Recent research has established that Bokugyuken Toshiharu was a resident of Hakata in Chikuzen Province, although his style of carving shows distinct affinities with that of Tomiharu and other carvers from Iwami.
























