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A boxwood netsuke of Urashima Taro By Gotei, early 19th century
15 May 2019, 14:00 BST
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A boxwood netsuke of Urashima Taro
By Gotei, early 19th century
The hero seated on the back of a large turtle, looking to the right with mouth agape, the turtle's head and limbs fully retracted, forming a compact composition in rather worn and well-patinated wood, signed in an oval reserve Gotei. 5.1cm (2in).
The hero seated on the back of a large turtle, looking to the right with mouth agape, the turtle's head and limbs fully retracted, forming a compact composition in rather worn and well-patinated wood, signed in an oval reserve Gotei. 5.1cm (2in).
Footnotes
黄楊彫根付 亀に乗る浦島太郎 銘 「呉廷」 19世紀前期
Published:
Lazarnick, NIA, p.1341.
Rokusho 20, p.72, no.105.
Earle, Huthart, p.382, no.356.
Burditt, ICLS, p.42, fig.17.
The name Gotei appears to be hitherto unrecorded, although his place among the Iwami carvers is confirmed by an almost identical example by Mitani Goho, dated 1804, that is illustrated by G. Lazarnick, NIA, p.410.
























